PIGOTT v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 22126.

358 F.2d 723 (1966)

Junior PIGOTT, Viola Pigott and W. H. Watkins, Appellants, v. TEXACO, INC., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonner R. Landman, Athens, Tex., L. Arnold Pyle, Marvin A. Cohen, Jackson, Miss., for appellants, Watkins, Pyle, Edwards & Ludlam, Jackson, Miss., of counsel.

Bernard Callender, Columbia, Miss., Garner W. Green, Joshua Green, Forrest B. Jackson, Lemuel O. Smith, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Breed O. Mounger, Tylertown, Miss., for appellees, Green, Green & Cheney, Jackson, Miss., of counsel.

Before RIVES and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal arises from an action of interpleader filed by Texaco, Inc., under 28 U.S.C. § 1335, to determine the ownership of an overriding royalty interest. The facts involved in this dispute have been fully discussed in the District Court opinion. Texaco, Inc. v. Pigott, et al., S.D.Miss.1964, 235 F.Supp. 458.

The basic premise of appellants' position is that in this case a corporation and its stockholders...

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