HUDSON v. NEWELL

No. 12417.

172 F.2d 848 (1949)

HUDSON et al. v. NEWELL et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 24, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben F. Cameron and Lester E. Wills, both of Meridian, for appellants.

R. E. Wilbourn, of Meridian, Miss., Irwin W. Coleman, W. Calvin Wells, J. Morgan Stevens, and Garner W. Green, all of Jackson, Miss., and W. S. Welch, Sam V. Pack, J. R. Buchanan and A. S. Scott, all of Laurel, Miss., for appellees.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

On Dec. 11, 1945, the appellants as plaintiffs filed in the District Court four suits concerning four contiguous tracts of land in Mississippi, each of which was claimed by different defendants, with the oil therefrom, which was being extracted by two oil companies also named as defendants. On March 16, 1946, amendments were made to each suit adding two additional counts and asking additional relief. The plaintiffs claimed all the lands under...

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