1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 28 F.Supp.
  5. 28 F.Supp. 934 (1939)
 

BUCHANAN v. PITTS

No. 695.

28 F.Supp. 934 (1939)

BUCHANAN et al. v. PITTS.

District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

January 26, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pike Hall, H. B. Barret, and Marion K. Smith, all of Shreveport, La., and Francis E. Wood, of Albuquerque, N. M., for complainants.

Wilkinson, Lewis & Wilkinson, G. T. Naff, F. L. Hargrove, E. S. Klein, and A. E. Bryson, all of Shreveport, La., for respondent.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this suit to recover a two-thirds interest in forty (40) acres of land in the highly productive Rodessa oil field of Caddo Parish.

The property, along with certain other acreage, had been purchased by another at tax sale, and the mother of plaintiffs employed the firm of Herndon & Herndon, attorneys, composed of E. B. Herndon and his son, E. B. Herndon, Jr., to recover from the tax purchaser. A written contract...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases