District Court, S.D. Texas March 6, 1934, No. 530 (National Pigments & Chemical Co. v. Mid-Continent Mud Co.)

ATWELL, District Judge.

Complainant is the owner of a patent secured by Stroud for the controlling of troublesome gas which frequently appears in the drilling of oil and gas wells. The fluid not only controls and subjugates the gas, but acts as a lubricant and a strengthener of the walls of the well.