Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Sun Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1936No. 8184PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was in trespass to try title by petition in the usual form for a tract of 68% acres of land which was alleged to exceed in value the sum of $3,000, exclusive of interest and costs. The ground of jurisdiction was diversity, plaintiff being a resident citizen of the state of New Jersey, and defendant of the state of Texas.
Defendant filed a plea in abatement and to the jurisdiction of the court, alleging nonjoinder of necessary and indispensable parties, to wit, the lessors of the oil and gas lease under which plaintiff claims, and subject to the plea filed the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Hooks v. BridgewaterTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Sheffield v. HoggTexas Supreme Court · 1934
- Taylor v. Higgins Oil & Fuel Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Sheffield v. HoggTexas Supreme Court · 1935
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Richard D. Di Frischia v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Standard Oil Company of Texas and New Idria Mining & Chemical Company v. J. W. Marshall, D/B/A Marshall Pipe & Supply CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Greenbaum v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Hart v. Knox CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1948
- Fitzgerald v. Seaboard System RR, Inc.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1985
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