BEASLEY v. McFADDIN

No. 24977.

393 F.2d 68 (1968)

Rosa Ella Graham BEASLEY et al., Appellants, v. W. P. H. McFADDIN, Jr., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Cocke, Houston, Tex., for appellants; Irion, Cain, Cocke, Magee & Davis, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

Major T. Bell, Beaumont, Tex., Jesse J. Lee, Fred A. Lange, W. B. Edwards, Houston, Tex., Ewell Strong, George A. Weller, Beaumont, Tex., William S. Clarke, Joseph Brown, Houston, Tex., John Blair, Beaumont, Tex., W. Forrest Smith, Dallas, Tex., Samuel C. Lipscomb, Dan Collie, Beaumont, Tex., Alan D. Feld, Dallas, Tex., Ben H. Rice, III, Houston, Tex., Richard Owens, Fort Worth, Tex., Thomas H. Lee, John E. Cook, James W. Lee, Houston, Tex., Benjamin R. Powel, Galveston, Tex., J. C. Hardy, J. L. LyBrand, Beaumont, Tex., for appellees.

Before JONES, WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.

This diversity suit is the second in a trilogy concerning the ownership of the Humphries survey. See Humphries v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, 5 Cir. 1968, 393 F.2d 69; Green v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, 5 Cir. 1968, 393 F.2d 67. The heirs in this case claim only an interest in the land. They mount essentially the same contentions as the heirs in the Humphries case...

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