Dougherty
General Petroleum Corp. of California v. Dougherty
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Garrecht, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, decreeing that appellees are the owners of certain specified overriding royalties and of certain impounded moneys accruing by reason of a certain contract made between Dougherty and one Washington H. Ochsner in relation to a United States oil and gas prospecting permit covering all of Sections 20, 22, and 26; the Nthe SW^, the N% of the SE14 and the SW^ of the SE^ of Section 28, Township 22 South, Range 18 East, M. D. B. & M., issued to said Ochsner on April 16, 1921, Toy the Department of Interior of the United States of America. Said described premises form part of the territory now known as the Kettleman Hills oil land region.
This suit was originally filed in the state court but was removed to the Federal District Court on the ground of diversity of citizenship, the demand exceeding $3,000.
The judgment in the instant case was based upon an earlier final judgment recovered by appellee Dougherty, rendered in the state court of California in the case of Dougherty v. California Kettleman Oil Royalties, Inc., 9 Cal.2d 58 , 69 P.2d 155 .