STEWART v. UNITED STATES

No. 16124.

242 F.2d 49 (1957)

Mrs. Louise Bisbey STEWART et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. DeLange, Houston, Tex., De Lange, Hudspeth & Pitman, C. M. Hudspeth, Eugene J. Pitman, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Richard C. Peet, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., S. Billingsley Hill, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Malcolm R. Wilkey, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Arthur L. Moller, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Louise Bisbey Stewart et al., claiming to be the owners of mineral interests in lands situated in Galveston County, Texas, brought this action against the United States, Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy, Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior, and Edward Woozley, Director of Land Management, Department of Interior, all non-residents of the State of Texas, to quiet title to said mineral...

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