Hodgson v. Federal Oil & Development Co.

Appellant seeks to establish his right to a one-eighth interest in an oil and gas lease upon one hundred and sixty acres of land in Wyoming granted August 21, 1920, by the United States to appellee Federal Oil and Development Company under § 18, Act of Congress approved February 25, 1920, c. 85, 41 Stat. 437, 443. The lease was after-wards assigned to The Mountain and Gulf Oil Company upon conditions not here important.

The bill, filed May 26, 1922, proceeds upon the theory—

That January 11,1887, George McManus and seven associates located a placer mining claim — The. O’Glasé — and thereafter…