Legal Opinion
Golconda Petroleum Corporation v. Petrol Corporation
District Court, S.D. California
Decided July 31, 1942No. 2100PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. F. T. O’CONNOR, District Judge.
The principal question to be determined is whether or not the petition of the executors of the will of Effie Frances Cowie, deceased, to intervene, should be granted.
On March 3, 1942, a complaint for declaratory relief, accounting, and removal of cloud from title, was filed by the Golconda Petroleum Corporation, plaintiff, against the Petrol Corporation, defendant. The defendant, under a sublease dated October 20, 1936, had drilled ten wells from which large quantities of oil and gas were produced. The complaint alleged a controversy between plaintiff and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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