Goggin

This appeal is from an order of a court of bankruptcy 1 dismissing, for supposed lack of jurisdiction, a referee’s certificate that appellees, Bolsa Chica Oil Corporation (hereafter called Bolsa Chica), M. M. McCallen Corporation (hereafter called McCallen), Thomas W. Simmons, Allen A. Anderson, H. H. McVicar, C. M. Rood and William H. Cree, had violated an injunction issued by the referee and hence were in contempt of court.

Jack Dave Sterling was adjudged a bankrupt on November 26, 1935, and his case was referred to a referee in bankruptcy. On January 6, 1936, Hubert F. Laugharn was appointed trustee of the bankrupt es *106 tate. Subsequently, appellant, George T. Goggin, succeeded Laugharn as such trustee. The bankrupt estate included an oil well called the Huntington Shore well, which at all pertinent times was in possession of and operated by the trustee. Near the Huntington Shore well was a well called the Petroleum well, owned and operated by Bolsa Chica. Both wells were on lands of the State of California and were operated under easements granted by the State.

On April 18, 1940, the trustee filed with the referee a petition stating that Bolsa Chica had commenced…