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SMITH v. HUMBLE OIL AND REFINING COMPANY

No. 28386.

425 F.2d 1287 (1970)

O. C. SMITH et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUMBLE OIL AND REFINING COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leighton Cornett, Paris, Tex., Steven G. Condos, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank L. Heard, Jr., Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG, and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.

The litigation before us had its genesis in a 1934 trespass to try title suit brought in a Texas state court. In that suit Humble Oil and Refining Company, defendant herein, sought to clear the title to certain land in East Texas on which it had an oil lease. That suit apparently resulted in a determination that Humble had...

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