Legal Opinion
Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Sun Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 20, 1951No. 13312PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
On February 24, 1949, this action was instituted in the court below by Sun Oil Company, a New Jersey corporation, against Humble Oil & Refining Company, a Texas corporation, and two individual defendants, both citizens of Texas. Federal jurisdiction was based solely on diversity of citizenship. The suit was to establish title to and recover possession of the oil- and-gas leasehold estate in 26 tracts of land in Kenedy County, Texas; to remove clouds from said title; and to enjoin the defendants from interfering with Sun’s use of said property. Sun’s claim was that the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Borax Consolidated, Ltd. v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Atlantis Development Corporation, Ltd. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John G. & Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation v. DewhurstTexas Supreme Court · 2002
- The John G. And Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation v. Garry Mauro, Commissioner of the General Land OfficeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Feinman v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1986
- John G. & Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation v. Mauro, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1996
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