MURRAY v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO.

No. 224.

23 F.2d 347 (1927)

MURRAY et al. v. MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. et al.

District Court, N. D. Texas, Wichita Falls Division.

December 5, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay, Akin & Smedley, of Wichita Falls, Tex., Seay, Seay, Malone & Lipscomb, of Dallas, Tex., and Barney, Keeney & Barney, of Texarkana, Tex., for the motion.

Carrigan, Britain, Morgan & King and Weeks, Morrow, Francis & Hankerson, all of Wichita Falls, Tex., H. S. Garrett and Callaway & Wade, all of Fort Worth, Tex., and John L. Young and A. S. Hardwicke, both of Dallas, Tex., opposed.


ATWELL, District Judge.

William H. Murray died on January 11, 1926, leaving a widow and three minor children. In April after his death the widow married Miller. On March 5, 1927, Mrs. Murray, properly joined by her husband, for herself and children, filed this suit in equity to reclaim valuable oil lands and the proceeds thereof, from the defendants. The amount involved is very large.

It is alleged that Murray was insane at the time he made the grant. In the...

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