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GREEN v. TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY

No. 24854.

393 F.2d 67 (1968)

Eura Mae Higginbotham GREEN et al., Appellants, v. The TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Cocke, Houston, Tex., E. B. Votaw, Vidor, Tex., Andrew A. Wassick, Virginia R. Wassick, Sizer Chambliss, Chattanooga, Tenn., Stephen C. Burg, Beaumont, Tex., for appellants.

Fred A. Lange and W. B. Edwards, Jesse J. Lee, Houston, Tex., George A. Weller, Ewell Strong, Beaumont, Tex., W. Forrest Smith, Dallas, Tex., William S. Clarke, Houston, Tex., Major T. Bell, John P. Blair, Beaumont, Tex., Joseph C. Brown, John C. Snodgrass, Houston, Tex., William E. Cureton, Waco, Tex., Alan D. Feld, Dallas, Tex., Thomas H. Lee, Houston, Tex., George A. Kampmann, San Antonio, Tex., Ben M. Harrison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., James W. Lee, Houston, Tex., Samuel C. Lipscomb, Beaumont, Tex., Benjamin R. Powel, Galveston, Tex., J. C. Hardy, J. L. LyBrand, Beaumont, Tex., Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, George M. Cowden, First Asst. Atty. Gen., A. J. Carubbi, Jr., Staff Legal Asst. Atty. Gen., Houghton Brownlee, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for appellees.

Before JONES, WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Denied June 19, 1968.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This diversity suit is the third in a trilogy concerning the ownership of the Humphries survey. See Humphries v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, 5 Cir., 1968, 393 F.2d 69; Beasley v. McFaddin, 5 Cir. 1968, 393 F.2d 68. The heirs in this case claim only a mineral interest. They urge first that a tax deed in 1850 vested title in...

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