Show M BED OIL CASE POSTPONED IN COURT the status of the case involving title to the oil lends covered by the bed of the colorado river in grand and san juan counties is explained in the article published below taken from the deseret news the case is that of the of utah and the texas production company vs john L shafer J H shafer the midwest exploration company the utah southern oil company the utah oil refining company the big SIK oil company and other interested owners of acreage on the oil structures below moab on the colorado river the news article follows attempts to fix the date for anal in the local federal court of the case of utah vs shafer again failed as the calendar was set for equity suits saturday sn orning by judge tillman D johnson if tried this case will be perhaps the most important ever tried in the federal district court and one of the controlling cases in the nation the case involves the question as to whether the state of utah or the federal government owns the bed of the colorado river this case arose because the state granted oil leases on the bed of the river covering the same ground iss was held by owners of oil and gas prospecting permits the department of the interior originally the texas oil company and the midwest company holders respectively of state and federal rights were prime movers in the suit the oil companies are interested in delaying the suit because unless oil is discovered in the region or the prospects are favorable they have no interest in the case however the conflicting claims give rise to the opportunity to have the ownership of the bed of this nver decided by the supreme court a which many believe must question be determined deter judicially before further steps can be taken for proposed development the secretary of the interior has asked the attorney general to have states enter the case as the united reed and senator intervenor an interested in smoot has become this leibolt as then the case bringing of the aught be tried regardless wishes of the oil companies general said the de attorney the whether to is considering or to intervenor the case as ente the state suit bang a new which court the supreme directly in to decide the in the end would have judge johnson to asked auff mr january but the judge set the case in impossible to set cases said it was the matter will so far in advance next rule day again come up |