Gulf Refining Co. of Louisiana v. Vincent Oil Co.
Decision Date | 21 February 1911 |
Docket Number | 2,165. |
Citation | 185 F. 87 |
Parties | GULF REFINING CO. OF LOUISIANA et al. v. VINCENT OIL CO. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
On Rehearing, March 14, 1911.
D Edward Greer and Amos L. Beaty, for appellants.
John Hamman, Presley K. Ewing, and W. H. Gill, for appellee.
Before PARDEE, McCORMICK, and SHELBY, Circuit Judges.
This is a suit brought in equity for the specific performance of a certain oil lease and for the cancellation of conflicting leases and titles, and the prayer is for an injunction pendente lite, a permanent injunction, the appointment of a receiver, the cancellation of contracts, and for general relief. It is brought to this court by an appeal from a decree as follows, to wit:
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