Pittman v. Gulf Refining Co.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is a petitory action by appellants (plaintiffs and interveners below) to establish their title to certain lands in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and to obtain an accounting for oil and gas removed therefrom. Federal jurisdiction exists solely by virtue of diversity of citizenship. There is no dispute as to the location of the land in controversy, but there are *479serious controversies as to the correct descriptions of portions of such land. For a statement of the facts, see Pittman v. Gulf Refining Co., D.C., 43 F.Supp. 187.

The tract of land claimed by appellants in…