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INTEROCEAN OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 115.

270 U.S. 65 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 219

70 L.Ed. 473

THE INTEROCEAN OIL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles E. Kern, with whom Mr. John Paul Earnest was on the brief, for appellant.

Solicitor General Mitchell, Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Mr. Randolph S. Collins, Attorney in the Department of Justice, for the United States, submitted.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims, entered May 26, 1924, sustaining a demurrer filed by the United States, and dismissing the petition upon the ground that it does not state a cause of action. The facts stated in the petition are as follows:

The appellant, the Interocean Oil Company, was, in 1918 and before, engaged in refining, transporting and dealing in petroleum and petroleum...

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