Hurlbut v. Shell Oil Co.

HUNTER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Raymond R. Hurlbut et al., filed suit to recover the %th royalty with respect to the production from a well which had been completed by Shell Oil Company on certain property belonging to plaintiffs in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Defendant answered, and in its answer set up a counterclaim for interpleader, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1335, admitting therein its liability for the entire %th royalty from the Hurlbut well, but at the same time, alleging that various other parties were claiming those funds, and that because of the resulting claims it was in doubt as to…