Glover v. McFaddin

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

Claiming to be the owners of an undivided % interest in a large acreage of land embracing one of the oldest and most productive oil fields in Texas, plaintiffs below, appellants here, brought this suit to try title to said lánds, to secure possession thereof, and for an accounting for oil produced therefrom since the year 1901. Federal jurisdiction rests upon diversity of citizenship. See Glover v. McFaddin, D.C., 99 F.Supp. 385; Id., D.C., 81 F.Supp. 426. The appeal is from a summary judgment below denying the relief sought by plaintiffs.

Appellants assert that the land…