Legal Opinion
Mrs. Edna Romero Doty v. St. Mary Parish Land Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1979No. 77-1170PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises the question of whether a mineral lessee and certain royalty owners are indispensable parties within the meaning of Fed.R.Civ.P. 19 in a suit, to try title to land. The district court found the absent parties to be indispensable and dismissed the action. Finding the dismissal to be a proper exercise of the district court’s discretion, we affirm.
Appellants filed suit against appellee St. Mary Parish Land Company in the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, seeking to be declared owners of two large tracts of land situated in St.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Hudson v. NewellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Nathaniel P. Broussard v. Columbia Gulf Transmission CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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