PETER HENDERSON OIL v. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEX.

No. 86-2054.

806 F.2d 1273 (1987)

PETER HENDERSON OIL COMPANY and Pinnacle Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Paine, Butler & Binion, Arthur Val Perkins, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kyle Wheelus, Jr., Weller, Wheelus & Green, David L. Tolin, Beaumont, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Peter Henderson Oil Company and Pinnacle Company appeal from a summary judgment rejecting their claims against the City of Port Arthur and various city departments and officials. Because we find that the appellants' cause of action was time-barred, we affirm.

I.

This case involves an oil and gas well known as the Montrose No. 1 in Jefferson County, Texas. When drilled and completed in 1959, the well lay outside...

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