HUNT v. McWILLIAMS

No. 4-9238.

240 S.W.2d 865 (1950)

HUNT et al. v. McWILLIAMS,

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1951.

Dissenting Opinion July 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaugnan, McCleellan & Gaughan, Camden, Mahony & Yocum, El Dorado, for appellants.

Keith & Clegg, Magnolia, for appellee.


GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.

Counsel for appellee McWilliams state the substance of the jurisdictional problem in this controversy when they assert that because their client is sole owner of the forty acres he may sue for cancellation of an oil and gas lease; and this may be done without bringing into the litigation nonparticipating royalty holders whose aggregate interests were 98/113ths. The trial court held that the royalty owners were not indispensable parties...

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