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AMERADA PETROLEUM CORP. v. 1010.61 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 10977.

146 F.2d 99 (1944)

AMERADA PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. 1010.61 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEX., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 8, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Page, of Tulsa, Okl., and H. L. Nicholson, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Robert R. Casey and Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Into a proceeding brought to condemn land in Harris County, Texas, owned by Amerada Petroleum Corporation, came the State of Texas and Harris County, asserting a tax lien for the years 1922, 1923 and 1926, and claiming $550 of the award. Amerada pleaded and proved that in 1935, at which time Harris County had a population of more than 210,000, it had purchased the land in reliance upon a tax certificate1 showing...

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