Legal Opinion

Samuel Nicosia v. Harry B. Sher and Gordon A. Yearty

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 6, 1956No. 5346_1PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This is an equitable action, brought by Nicosia against Sher and Yearty to cancel an assignment dated August 25, 1954, executed by Nicosia and running to Sher, covering a one-third interest in the seven-eighths working interest in certain oil and gas leases covering lands in No-wata County, Oklahoma, and to establish and quiet Nicosia’s interest in such leases and for other relief. In his complaint Nicosia offered to do equity.

On June 17, 1955, the trial court entered a judgment cancelling and setting aside such assignment and adjudging that Nicosia was the owner of an…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Walden v. BodleySupreme Court of the United States · 1840
  2. Johnston v. S.F. Savings UnionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  3. McAllister v. C. H. ClementCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Ingalls v. IngallsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  5. Duncan v. Keechi Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. The Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. The Oklahoma Tax Commission Cindy Rambo Robert Wadley and Don KilpatrickCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
  2. The Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. The Oklahoma Tax Commission Cindy Rambo Robert Wadley and Don KilpatrickCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992

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