FINLEY v. HARTSOOK

No. 11615.

158 F.2d 618 (1946)

FINLEY v. HARTSOOK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Williams, of Springfield, Mo., and A. B. Honnold, of Tulsa, Okl., for appellant.

Leslie Humphrey, of Wichita Falls, Tex., James C. Wilson, Jr., of Fort Worth, Tex., and Dan Abbott, of Abilene, Tex., for appellees.

Before SIBLEY, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


LEE, Circuit Judge.

This suit involves the validity of a sale of mineral interests in land in Texas by a foreign guardian of a non-resident ward, acting under authority of the probate court of the county in which the land was situated.

In the early spring of 1938 the appellant, a resident and citizen of Missouri, executed several conflicting oil and gas leases and agreements to different parties covering 266 acres of land owned by him in Archer County, Texas...

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