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PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. VERDE OIL COMPANY

No. 23095.

367 F.2d 461 (1966)

PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., Appellants, v. VERDE OIL COMPANY, Inc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. T. Wilkinson, Jr., Houston, Tex., Carl H. King, Tulsa, Okl., Chas. F. Potter, Tyler, Tex., Roy L. Merrill, Houston, Tex., Spruiell, Lowry, Potter, Lasater & Guinn, Tyler, Tex., of counsel for appellants.

Gordon R. Wellborn, Henderson, Tex., Robert B. Payne, Thomas G. Crouch, Dallas, Tex., for appellees.

Before WISDOM, BELL and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

This litigation stems from the "slant hole" oil scandal in East Texas. Appellants recovered a judgment against H. L. Long for oil produced from their adjoining leases by deviated wells surfaced on a lease owned by Long.1 This appeal arises out of a subsequent suit brought by appellants in aid of the collection of their judgment against Long. Long is a party defendant in something of a nominal capacity. The...

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