ST. LOUIS ROYALTY CO. v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO.

No. 13525.

193 F.2d 778 (1952)

ST. LOUIS ROYALTY CO. v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 18, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Villard Martin, Garrett Logan, Tulsa, Okl., for appellant.

Carl W. Jones, Midland, Tex., Jesse J. Lee, Houston, Tex., Burney Braly, Ponca City, Okl., Martin A. Row, Dallas, Tex., Raymond A. Lynch, Midland, Tex., Harry J. Patterson, Ft. Worth, Tex., Willard B. Wagner, Houston, Tex., Myron A. Smith, G. R. Pate and James K. Smith, Ft. Worth, Tex., L. A. Thompson, Jr., Tulsa, Okl., W. R. Choate, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Alleging ownership of a one-twelfth mineral interest in formations below 3500 feet in described lands, and that defendants were asserting adverse claims thereto and without right producing minerals therefrom, appellant, plaintiff below, brought this suit to remove cloud and for an accounting.

The claim in substance was: that on or about October 15, 1936, its predecessors in title had executed an oil and gas lease as to this interest...

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