Watchorn v. Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
The Roxana Petroleum Company, a corporation under the Oklahoma laws, predecessor in interest of the plaintiff, on June 30, 1916, entered into a contract with defendant, he being the owner in whole or in part of oil and gas mining rights in certain premises situated in Pawnee county, state of Oklahoma, by the terms of which defendant agreed to sell, transfer, assign, and set over by suitable instruments unto the plaintiff all his right, title, and interest in and to the crude…
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The Roxana Petroleum Company, a corporation under the Oklahoma laws, predecessor in interest of the plaintiff, on June 30, 1916, entered into a contract with defendant, he being the owner in whole or in part of oil and gas mining rights in certain premises situated in Pawnee county, state of Oklahoma, by the terms of which defendant agreed to sell, transfer, assign, and set over by suitable instruments unto the plaintiff all his right, title, and interest in and to the crude petroleum that might be found in or under said premises. In consideration of this transfer and assignment and in…
1Opinion of the CourtKenyon, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Plaintiff claims the contract was an agreement upon the part of defendant to reimburse plaintiff’s assignor in the amount of $250,000 out of a fund to be created by due and proper development for gas of the various tracts of land covered by said eontraet, in case plaintiff did not complete the purchase of the oil rights as provided therein; that defendant failed to make such development, and consequently is liable for the full amount of the $250,000 paid to him under the terms of the eontraet.
Defendant claims that the contract created no debt as to him;…
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