Legal Opinion
Pratt v. Shell Petroleum Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 22, 1938No. 1678PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
This action was instituted by Shell Petroleum Corporation against E. S. Pratt, and for convenience reference will be made to the parties as they were denominated in the court below. The purposes of the action were to impress a trust upon certain mineral properties, and for an accounting.
Plaintiff is a corporation engaged on a large scale in the business of producing crude petroleum, refining it into manufactured products, and selling them in the market. In connection with such business, it explores and investigates land in respect to its geological and geophysical…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Beatty v. . Guggenheim Exploration Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Quinn v. PhippsSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
- Trice v. ComstockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- United States v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Townsend v. VanderwerkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Las Luminarias of the New Mexico Council of the Blind v. IsengardNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1978
- Ohio Oil Co. v. SharpCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1943
- De Long Corporation v. LucasDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- Keiser v. WalshCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
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