Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit May 16, 1963, 7206_1 (C. B. Chittim v. Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, a Corporation)

HILL, Circuit Judge.

C. B. Chittim, appellant, commenced this action in the state court against Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, appellee, for the alleged breach of what is commonly known in the oil and gas industry as a farmout agreement, providing for the drilling of an oil and gas well in Crook County, Wyoming.