Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 3, 1952, 13010 (Potlatch Oil & Refining Co. v. Ohio Oil Co.)

POPE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, plaintiffs below, brought this action to procure an accounting of amounts alleged to be due them from the appelleedefendant under the terms of a so-called “Operating Agreement”. This agreement was executed June 15, 1922 by the trustees of a “common law trust” known as TroySweetgrass Oil Syndicate, and the defendant Ohio Oil Company.