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PRICE v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO.

No. 14.

267 U.S. 415 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 312

69 L.Ed. 689

PRICE ET AL. v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.E. Blake, with whom Messrs. J.F. Sharp, C.B. Stuart, M.K. Cruce, and W.C. Stevens were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Messrs. B.B. Blakeney, George E. Merritt and A.T. Boys, for defendants in error. Messrs. George F. Short, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, C.W. King, Assistant Attorney General, W.H. Francis and Herbert Ambrister were also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

The subject matter of this controversy is a tract of land held by the State of Oklahoma as part of its public land, on which it made two leases: the first an agricultural lease to William T. Price; the second an oil and gas lease to the Magnolia Petroleum Co. The Magnolia Company brought a suit in equity in a district court of the State to enjoin Price and wife from interfering with its operations under the oil...

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