Bowater v. Worley

COTTERAL, Circuit Judge.

Bowater, Pohl, and Allison appeal from a judgment against them for $10,150, based on a verdict of a jury, in a suit they brought against Worley to recover $4,500 as the proceeds of a sale by him of 1% acres of mineral royalty in Oklahoma. They assign errors upon the refusal and giving of instructions to the jury.

In their petition, the plaintiffs alleged that in March or April, 1929, Bowater and Worley entered into a prospective arrangement for the purchase and sale of oil and gas royalties in the Mid-Continent held, with a purpose that Bowater might obtain money from…