Heal v. Niagara Oil Co.

The appellants sued to enjoin the appellees from operating or attempting to operate for oil or gas upon six several tracts of land. The trial court, by general decree, denied the injunction. Upon the trial appellees expressly disclaimed any interest in four of such tracts, and insisted only upon their right to operate upon two of the tracts, that known as the Schultz land, and that known as the Swan land.

One insistence of appellants is that the decree was wrong as to the four tracts other than those of Schultz and Swan. There was no objection to the form or scope of the decree, and no motion…