DAVIS v. ATLANTIC OIL PRODUCING CO.

No. 8050.

87 F.2d 75 (1936)

DAVIS v. ATLANTIC OIL PRODUCING CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Wm. Stoutz, of Oklahoma City, Okl., M. M. Williams, of Houston, Tex., and Robt. B. Keenan, of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Snowden M. Leftwich and Thomas R. Freeman, both of Dallas, Tex., and Alton V. Grant, of Longview, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON and HOLMES, Circuit Judges, and STRUM, District Judge.


STRUM, District Judge.

Marilla Sheppard Davis died intestate about the year 1927, seised of a 1/55 interest in a 100-acre tract of land in Gregg county, Tex., which interest she inherited through her deceased mother, Melissa Wilson Sheppard, a daughter of James and Ara Wilson, community owners of the whole tract until their death prior to 1906.

Marilla was survived by two sons, Cleo and Lucious Davis, and her husband Robert Davis, plaintiff-appellant in this...

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