Cedar Creek Oil And Gas Company v. Fidelity Gas Company

249 F.2d 277 CEDAR CREEK OIL AND GAS COMPANY, a corporation, International Trust Company, a corporation, H. C. Smith, Susan M. Wight and W. B. Haney, Appellants, v. FIDELITY GAS COMPANY, a corporation, Montana-Dakota Utilities Company, a corporation, and Shell Oil Company, a corporation, Appellees. No. 15293. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. October 22, 1957. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing December 12, 1957. Leif Erickson, J. R. Richards, Helena, Mont., for appellant. Coleman, Jameson & Lamey, Billings, Mont., Faegre & Benson, R. L. Nordbye, Armin M. Johnson, Minneapolis, Minn., Raymond Hildebrand, Glendive, Mont., Howard M. Gullickson, Charles N. Wagner, Denver, Colo., for appellees. Before HEALY, FEE, and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges. HAMLEY, Circuit Judge. 1 This is an action to quiet title to certain oil leases and lands in Fallon county, Montana. It was brought by Cedar Creek Oil and Gas Company, Mondakota Gas Company, International Trust Company, Susan M. Wight, H. C. Smith, and W. B. Haney. Each of these plaintiffs holds one or more government permits and leases, or fee leases, on certain tracts involved in this suit. The complaint states two causes of…