In re Honolulu Consol. Oil Co.

It is alleged in the petition, among other things, that the Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company is the defendant in 17 certain suits brought by the United States in the Southern district of California, Northern division of said district; that in the complaints in said suits it is alleged in substance that the United States is the owner and entitled to the possession of the lands described in the said complaints ; that such lands are’ oil lands and gas lands; that the same were included within the executive withdrawal order of September 27,1909; that, notwithstanding the premises and in violation of the alleged proprietary rights of the United States, the petitioner herein entered upon and took possession of such premises, subsequent to the said date of such withdrawal, for the purpose of exploiting the same for petroleum, oil, and gas, and did so exploit the same, and appropriate to its own use the oil and gas therein explored for, drilled, discovered, and extracted ; that this petitioner was not, nor was any other person at the time of such withdrawal, the bona fide occupant or claimant of such premises, or in the diligent prosecution of work leading to the discovery of oil or gas…