Show SINCLAiR SI FILES LEGAL ASER Mammoth Oil Co Dismissal of Annulment Suit CHEYENNE Wyo April 19 1 The Mammoth Oil company's answer an- an ans s ser acer er to the go ern me nt's suit for annulment of th time the corporations corporation's lease ase on the tho Teapot Dome Drene nay nasal nn oil reserve was filed tiled In United States district court here y tod The Tho answer er contains sweeping denial of ot all charges of ot collusion and fraud contained In the tho go gos ore ore- mont ment s a bill of or equity and asserts that tho the lease on the reserve resen 0 Is Iet le- le 1 gal 01 l and valid UPHOLD LI Lil rS The Tho answer r contains 33 3 sections each of which refers reters to a n corresponding section In the tho govern govern- overn meets ments bill Numerous sections ad- ad admit emit the allegations set et forth In the corresponding sections of ot the goy goy- government's bill but allegations at- at attacking tacking the validity ot of the tIme Sinclair corporations corporation's lease ar are denied Th The reply concludes conclude This defendant Mammoth company prays that the plaintiff United States Siales government go take nothing from Its bill of ot complaint herein and that hat the be b hence dismissed without delay and for for- all other and proper relief relict No demurrer to th the government bill or Ot any other form of motion having been tiled filed by the tho Mammoth l except that contained in Its answer the issue buo bet between een the tho government and the th holder of the Teapot Dome Dame lease Is I Joined and the th case Cl caswill will be b set et for or hearing In accord accord- enco nee with th the tho rules of ot equity Inc Ing Th The Mammoths Mammoth's answer was tiled flied by John W Lacey Lacy local coun coun- counsel counsel coun- coun counsel sel for tor the th Sinclair corporations It is signed by Lacey R IV W Rag Rag- Ragland Ragland land Rai-land land J W Zevely 0 U T Stanford Martin W Littleton Paul D Cra- Cra Cravath vath Cra-vath vath and Herbert V Lacey all counsel tor for the Mammoth Copies have been supplied OwenJ Owen J 1 Roberts Robert and Alle Atlee Pomerene special counsel tor for th the government who ar are In Washington ton and Al Albeit Al- Al AIbe Alber be ber beit t D Walton Valton United States State dl- dl dis district attorney for W oming WANT WAT MONEY BACK BACH Should the tho government s a bill be granted and the tb Teapot Dome lease be annulled the Mammoths Mammoth's an answer an- an answer asserts assert that th the corporation should b be reimbursed for th the H- H It ha h has spent In development ot of th the lease leae and tor for alt all obligations obligation assumed In connection with the lease 00 |