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ESTES v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

No. 15952.

234 F.2d 847 (1956)

Lige ESTES, Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. H. Spears, Pasadena, Cal., for appellant.

W. G. Winters, Jr., R. H. Whilden, Houston, Tex., for appellee, Shell Oil Co.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether the Court below committed reversible error in dismissing for want of indispensable parties a civil action brought by plaintiff for an accounting and a money judgment against defendant for the value of oil wrongfully taken from land in which plaintiff owned an interest. Jurisdiction was invoked on the ground of diversity of citizenship1 between plaintiff, Lige Estes, a citizen...

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