MASSEY v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

No. 72-3057.

508 F.2d 92 (1975)

A. L. MASSEY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Eubanks, Lumberton, Miss., William A. McKenzie, A. Joe Fish, G. Lee Hart, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

C. Denton Gibbes, Jr., Laurel, Miss., James A. Boone, Gulf Oil Corp., Jackson, Miss., William G. Duck, Gulf Oil Corp., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 21, 1975.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal follows a new trial granted by the District Judge. We review the correctness of the order granting that new trial and decide that it was not erroneous.

Plaintiffs own a 1/32 non-participating royalty interest in 122 acres of the Soso Oil Field in Mississippi. They and the other owners of royalty and operating interests in the Soso Field entered into a unitization...

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