Legal Opinion

Russell v. Texas Co.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 24, 1956No. 14983PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALBERT, District Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Russell, claims title to certain real property, which will be referred to in this opinion as section 23. Russell’s predecessors in interest acquired their interest in this property from the Northern Pacific Railway Company, defendant-appellee herein, through a contract followed by a warranty deed executed in 1918. In both the contract and the deed was a reservation of mineral rights by the grantor.1 The Texas Company, defendant-appellee and cross-appellant herein, has been conducting extensive operations on section 23 since 1952 under an oil and…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Greene v. WhiteTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Oregon & California Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. McCaughn v. Real Estate Land Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
  5. Stradley v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1941

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Santiago v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  2. California Pacific Bank, a California Banking Corporation v. Small Business Administration, an Agency of the United States GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  3. Lena Robinson v. Diamond Housing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  4. EOG Resources, Inc. v. Lucky Land Management, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2025
  5. Sollenbarger v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, D. New Mexico · 1988

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