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United ^tntta Olcurt of Appeal

For the Ninth Circuit

No. 15,293

CEDAR CREEK OIL AND GAS COMPANY, a corporation,

INTERNATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, a corporation,

1. 1. SMITH, SUSAN M. WIGHT and W. B. HANEY,

Appellants,

vs.

FIDELITY GAS COMPANY, a corporation, MONTANA-

DAKOTA UTILITIES COMPANY, a corporation, and

SHELL OIL COMPANY, a corporation,

Appellees.

Leif Erickson,

1. 1. Richards,

Attorneys at Law,

American Building & Loan Building,

Helena, Montana,

Attorneys for Appellants.

Coleman, Jameson & Lamey,

Rodger L. Nordbye, Faegre & Benson,

Armin M. Johnson, Raymond Hildebrand,

Attorneys for Fidelity Gas Company and

Montana-Dakota Utilities Company,

Howard M. Gullickson, Charles N. Wagner,

Attorneys for Shell Oil Company.

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