Legal Opinion
Lige Estes v. Shell Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 5, 1956No. 15952_1PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether the Court below committed reversible error in dismissing for want of indispensable parties a civil action brought by plaintiff for an accounting and a money judgment against defendant for the value of oil wrongfully taken from land in which plaintiff owned an interest. Jurisdiction was invoked on the ground of diversity of citizenship 1 between plaintiff, Lige Estes, a citizen of Texas, and defendant, Shell Oil Company, a citizen of Delaware. Defendant moved to dismiss the complaint because of the alleged absence of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hudson v. NewellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
- Keegan v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
- Fay Slagle, a Widow, Etc. And the Service Mutual Insurance Company of Texas v. United States of America and Texas Air National GuardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Seeley v. CornellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by39 opinions
- In Re Caesars Palace Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Dorothy Evans Anderson Etc. v. Dr. M. L. MoorerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Rosemound Sand and Gravel Company v. Lambert Sand and Gravel CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- W. W. Mims v. Olin KempCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- McShan v. SherrillCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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