WILLIAMS v. PACIFIC ROYALTY COMPANY

Nos. 5560, 5567.

247 F.2d 672 (1957)

Carl H. WILLIAMS, John W. Williams, Mrs. John A. Cline, Jr., John A. Cline, Jr., Mrs. F. S. Hollebeke, F. S. Hollebeke, Paul Eugene Williams, Jr., Lottie May Treas, Robert M. Treas, Byron Leslie Williams, Marvin Lester Williams, Ruby Leona Williams, Jessie R. Williams, Edith Lillian Williams, single, who is incompetent and who brings this suit by her next friend Carl H. Williams, and C. W. Barnett, Appellants, v. PACIFIC ROYALTY COMPANY, a corporation, Mary Whitehead Haworth, Palmer Haworth, Wilma Whitehead Wilson, George N. Wilson, Jr., and Josephine E. Ray, Appellees. Carl H. WILLIAMS, John W. Williams, Mrs. John A. Cline, Jr., Mrs. F. S. Hollebeke, and husband, F. S. Hollebeke, Paul Eugene Williams, Jr., Lottie May Treas, and husband, Robert M. Treas, Byron Leslie Williams, Ruby Leona Williams, and husband, Jessie R. Williams, Edith Lillian Williams, a person of unsound mind, Angus G. Wynne, Douglas A. Williams, C. W. Barnett, Marvin C. Hanz, James D. Moore, Woodrow P. McWilliams, Robert W. Seiler and Scott Snodgrass, Appellants, v. Mary Whitehead HAWORTH, Palmer Haworth, Wilma Whitehead Wilson, George N. Wilson, Jr., Josephine E. Ray, and Shell Oil Company, a corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

July 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. McKenzie, Dallas, Tex. (Sims, Modrall, Seymour, Sperling & Roehl, Albuquerque, N. M., and Wynne & Wynne, Dallas, Tex., were with him on the brief), for appellants.

Ross L. Malone (J. D. Atwood and Charles F. Malone, Roswell, N. M., were with him on the brief), for appellees.

A. K. Montgomery, Santa Fe, N. M. (Paxton Howard and Richard L. Hughston, Midland, Tex., and Seth & Montgomery, Santa Fe, N. M., were with him on the brief), for appellee Shell Oil Co.

Before PHILLIPS, PICKETT and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

These two appeals, having to do with an interpleader action and an injunction which restrains the prosecution of a state court action, are an aftermath of the decision of this court in Pacific Royalty Company, a Corporation, v. Williams, 227 F.2d 49, certiorari denied 351 U.S. 951, 76 S.Ct. 847, 100 L.Ed. 1474, and are consolidated here for disposition. In the former...

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