Case: E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Gipsy Oil Company; E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Oklahoma Oil Company; and E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Barnsdall Oil Company
Abbreviation: Howard v. Gipsy Oil Co.
Decision Date: 1918-05-06
Docket Number: No. 245; No. 246; No. 247; No. 248
Citation: 247 U.S. 503
Volume: 247
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Gipsy Oil Company; E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Oklahoma Oil Company; and E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Barnsdall Oil Com pany.
Judges: 
Pages: 503–504

Head Matter:
No. 245.
No. 246.
No. 247.
No. 248.
E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Gipsy Oil Company; E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Oklahoma Oil Company; and E. B. Howard, as Auditor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Appellants, v. Barnsdall Oil Com pany.
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Argued March 26, 1918.
Decided May 6, 1918.
Mr. R. E. Wood and Mr. S. P. Freeling, for appellants, submitted. Mr. James B. Diggs, Mr. Frederick de C. Faust, Mr. Charles F. Wilson, Mr. F. C. Proctor and Mr. D. E. Green for appellee in No. 245. Mr. John H. Burford, Mr. John H. Brennan, Mr. I.B. A. Robertson, Mr. Frank B. Burford and Mr. Burdette Blue for appellees in Nos. 246 and 248. No appearance for appellee in No. 247.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Judgments affirmed with costs upon the authority of Choctaw & Gulf R. R. Co. v. Harrison, 235 U. S. 292; Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. v. Oklahoma, 240 U. S. 522.