Greene v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeals and Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Rufus K. Roster, judge. Separate suits by the United States of America against Charles J. Greene, Jr., and others and against A. C. Roucks and others to quiet title to certain lands and to recover the value of oil removed therefrom hy defendants.
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Appeals and Cross-Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Rufus K. Roster, judge. Separate suits by the United States of America against Charles J. Greene, Jr., and others and against A. C. Roucks and others to quiet title to certain lands and to recover the value of oil removed therefrom hy defendants. From a decree in each case quieting the title to the land and giving decree,for the value of the oil removed less the cost of extracting it, defendants appeal, and the plaintiff files cross-appeal from the portion of the decree deducting cost…
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
On July 19, 1917, the United States filed in the United States District Court, for the Western District of Louisiana a bill in equity against Charles J. Greene, Jr., and others, seeking a decree setting up its title, and granting relief in regard to certain lands described as lots 2 and 3 of section 27, township 20 north, range 16 west, Louisiana meridian, containing 65.77 acres according to a plat of survey approved March 28, 1917, by Clay Tallman, Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States.
On August 2, 1917,Ihe United States filed a similar bill in said…
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