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HENDERSON v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 13399.

173 F.2d 840 (1949)

HENDERSON v. SHELL OIL CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 15, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Liberman, of St. Louis, Mo. (John Haley, of Bowling Green, Mo., Douglas H. Jones and Gideon H. Schiller, both of St. Louis, Mo., and McDonald & Anderson, of Wichita Falls, Tex., on the brief), for appellant.

George W. Cunningham, of Tulsa, Okl. (Jesse M. Davis, of Tulsa, Okl., and Charles E. Rendlen, of Hannibal, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before THOMAS, JOHNSEN and STONE, Circuit Judges.

STONE, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover actual damages (with interest) and punitive damages for the extraction of petroleum from land in Clay County, Texas, claimed to be the property of plaintiff. The suit was brought in a Missouri court and removed.1 After the removal, an amended petition was filed. The matter was presented to the trial court on an amended motion to strike and to dismiss the original and the amended petitions...

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