YANKWICH, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The court decides the questions of law as follows:
1. Notwithstanding the assignment of the lease by the plaintiff, the interest retained by him expressed in royalty, is a valuable economic interest in the leasehold and oil, even if we consider it merely as a reservation of rent or royalty, under the principles announced in the opinion this day filed in Caroline Spalding v. United States (D.C.) ...
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