Kingwood Oil Company v. Kenneth C. Bell, Beatrice Mary Bell, Helen Wilson Bell, Louise Bell Good, Calvin Good, and the Texas Company

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

This case is here for the second time. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that it is obligated to pay only half the cost of secondary recovery methods of oil and gas allocated to the leases involved, and that the heirs and assignees of William Bell are obligated to pay the other half.

The District Court granted a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. This Court reversed, Kingwood Oil Co. v. Bell, 7 Cir., 204 F.2d 8, and remanded the case for a trial upon the merits. A trial was held before the Court without a jury. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law favorable to…