CITIES SERVICE CO. v. DUNLAP

No. 28.

308 U.S. 208 (1939)

CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. v. DUNLAP ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1939.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Clayton L. Orn, with whom Messrs. David B. Trammell and Hayes McCoy were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Angus G. Wynne for respondents.


Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS, announced by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES.

This cause is here in order that we may decide whether the Circuit Court of Appeals wrongly declined to follow the rule of the Texas courts prescribing how and by whom the facts should be shown where one party to a contest concerning ownership of land claims the legal title as bona fide purchaser. We have considered that point only and conclude the ruling below was error. In consequence...

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