Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Jenkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas. : Ancillary -.bill in equity :by the Houston .Oil Company of Texas, by its receiver, against Oliver Jenkins, Philander Samuels, Earl Samuels, and. others. ■ From a decree in favor of the defendants named, complainant appeals.-
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, District Judge.
In this case the receiver of the Houston Oil Company of Texas brought suit by ancillary bill against Oliver Jenkins, Philander Samuels, Earl Sainuels, and some 11 others, to establish title in said company to 1,107 acres of land in Newton county, Tex., described as “the third one-quarter from the north of the Richard. Dinville league.”
We are concerned only with the case as between complainant and the three above-name,d defendants. They answered separately, denying title in the Houston Oil Company of Texas, and. each asserting his ownership of 160- acres" of the land in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bracken v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Lewis v. DillinghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. FarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1910
- Roach v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931