Show 1 m 0 MilliON ASKO IN sun Two Tw Cheyenne Men Seek Seel Judgment Against Midwest Mid west Company CHEYENNE Wyo Nov 29 AP Judgment Judgment for alleged allege alleged to o be be the e at of oJ p petroleum t oleum taker taken t ken from certain lands in the Grass C Creek eek oilfield of Wyoming is is asked by Roy Henderson and Frank J. J J Bon Bon Ben both of f Cheyenne in an ar amended mended p petition filed filed in a sut against the Midwest Refining company company company com com com- pany pany which the they originally ins instituted ed ed d in March 1927 The land in- in in- in in the the action the plaintiffs plaintiff claim is owned by bY bYthe the state tate oi of of Wyoming and operated u wider under der lease by the d defendant r corporation The amended amend d petition of oC the plaintiffs s sets ts forth forth forth-a a series of ot alleged alleged al al- al transactions following th the filing by Henderson on on May My 14 1914 of ot an application for a lease on the land Under rth the circumstances s then existing the plaintiffs assert the allowance of ot a lease to Henderson lenderson by Pl lh the land board became be ame and nd was wasa a. a a purely ministerial act imposed by byth bythe bythe the th clear l nd of at l law w. w The plaintiffs allege however a conspiracy conspiracy con con- through which the land hand was leased to applicants other than Henderson Hen Hen- derson They claim a right to the value of the petroleum which has been iak taken n from the land hand which they th y estimate estt tito at Individuals named In the plaintiffs plaintiffs' plaintiffs plaintiffs' plain plain- tl tiffs tiffs' Cs' Cs p petition a. a as conn connected ted In one way or another with the various ari us transactions which they allege have h e taken place are United States Slates Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator John B. B Kendrick K then governor gover gover- nor or of ot Wyoming Herman B. B Gates then state tre treasurer surer Frank I L. L Houx then secretary of ot state S. S G GHopkins G. G Hopkins then state commissioner r roC of oC public lands W. W H. H Taylor Charles Orchard Leslie A. A Miller H. H S. S Ridgely William Irvine John Jo-hn P. P Arnott E. E E E. Edward R. R Good William HInes and Henry M. M Bla Blackmer kmer of Denver then pr president sr dent of oC the Midwest Refining com c m- m i pany The Greybull U Refining company com com- company pany and the Midwest Refining company are aro alleged to have been Involved On motion of oC the Midwest company company company com com- pany the case Is to be transferred erred to the federal co court rt for Wyoming from the district court COUlt of ot Cheyenne |