Legal Opinion
Shell Oil Co. v. Jones
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 10, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 13120PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANNAY, Chief Judge.
This is an interpleader action filed by Shell Oil Company to determine the rights of the defendants and intervener to certain funds which it has in its possession.
On July 9, 1931, Lawson Lacy and husband, Rogers Lacy, as lessors, executed and delivered to Winston Albert Jones, trustee, an oil, gas, and mineral lease covering 2iy2 acres in the Mary Van Winkle Survey in Gregg County, Texas. This lease is known as the Lawson Lacy-T. L. James Production Company lease. Subsequently, on September 16, 1931, Winston Albert Jones, trustee, conveyed an undivided ½ interest in this…
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- United States v. Sentinel Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Jones v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
- United States v. Los Angeles Soap Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946
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