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GULF REFINING CO. v. SHATFORD

No. 11702.

159 F.2d 231 (1947)

GULF REFINING CO. v. SHATFORD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex F. Smith, Frederick E. Greer and Melvin Evans, all of Shreveport, La., for appellant.

Allan Sholars and Geo. Gunby, both of Monroe, La., and H. S. Yocum, of El Dorado, Ark., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Gulf Refining Company owns a mineral lease covering a section of land in the Delhi Oil Field, Parish of Richland, Louisiana. John E. Shatford, who bought an interest in the mineral rights in the lands after the execution of the mineral lease, brought action against Gulf seeking cancellation of the lease as to his one-eighth interest in the mineral rights and for attorneys' fees under Act 168 of the Louisiana Legislature of 1920. Shatford claimed...

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