FIELDS v. STANOLIND OIL AND GAS COMPANY

No. 15813.

233 F.2d 625 (1956)

John D. FIELDS et al., Appellants, v. STANOLIND OIL AND GAS COMPANY and Ada Oil Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hopkins & Hopkins, Denton, Tex., Ralph Logan, San Angelo, Tex., George M. Hopkins, Jr., Denton, Tex., Glenn R. Lewis, San Angelo, Tex., Neill, Blanks, Lewis & Logan, San Angelo, Tex., Wilson, Wilson & Logan, San Angelo, Tex., of counsel, for appellants.

Carlton R. Winn, Frank J. Scurlock, Dallas, Tex., Lamar Carnes, Houston, Tex., L. A. Thompson, Tulsa, Okl., James K. Smith, Fort Worth, Tex., of counsel, for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought by Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, as lessee, and Ada Oil Company, to whom it had assigned the E ½ of Section 51 under a farm out agreement, the suit was in equity to quiet, and remove cloud from, title to plaintiffs' oil and gas leasehold estate in and to twenty-three sections of land located in Sutton County, Texas, and for injunction.

The claim was: that plaintiffs were the owners of an oil and gas lease on twenty-three...

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