GLOVER v. McFADDIN

Civ. A. No. 1511.

99 F.Supp. 385 (1951)

GLOVER et al. v. McFADDIN et al.

United States District Court E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

April 23, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman R. Parker, C. Howard Bozeman, Francke Sandford and Hugh C. Simpson, all of Knoxville, Tenn., E. Garland Brown, Corpus Christi, Tex., M. Herbert Oldham, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff.

George A. Weller, Beaumont, Tex., for Mrs. McFaddin, Mrs. Houck, Perry McFaddin, Caldwell McFaddin and Unity Oil Co.

Walace Hawkins, Dallas, Tex., Samuel C. Lipscomb, Beaumont, Tex., for Magnolia Petroleum Co.

Beeman Strong, Beaumont, Tex., for Stanolind Purchasing Co.

Walter C. Clemons and Manro Oberwetter, Houston, Tex., Will E. Orgain, Beaumont, Tex., for Gulf Oil Corporation.

Will E. Orgain, Beaumont, Tex., for Gulf Refining Co., Gulf States Utilities Co. and Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.

Joiner Cartwright, Charles F. Heidrick and Jack C. Hardy, all of Beaumont, Tex., for Sun Oil Co. and Sun Pipe Line Co.

Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish, Houston, Tex., for Texas & New Orleans R. Co.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Francis and J. L. Lockett, all of Houston, Tex., for Reconstruction Finance Corp.

Fred B. Frazier, Chattanooga, Tenn., Mack Taylor, Ft. Worth, Tex., Joe H. Jones, Dallas, Tex., for Lynn Magill and Fred M. McSpadden.

York, Hardy & Clapp, Tyler, Tex., for Mrs. Louise H. Taylor and another.

D. B. Chapin, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Charles E. English and others.


CONNALLY, District Judge.

This suit involves the title to one of the oldest and most prolific of the oil fields of this State. Presently there are approximately 1,000 parties who appear as plaintiffs or intervenors, and about 20 defendants. Diversity of citizenship is the only grounds of federal jurisdiction alleged in the pleadings, and the matter is now before me on the motion of the defendants to dismiss the action in its entirety, and alternatively to dismiss...

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