Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Sun Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1940No. 9229PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
This action against Sun Oil Company was brought by Duncan Morgan and others to recover title to 160 acres of valuable oil land in the A. Steele Survey, Montgomery County, Texas. The plaintiffs, appellants here, claim title to the land as descendants and heirs at law of one James Morgan and his wife Martha Shepherd Morgan. Various parties intervened in the' cause and have been classified according to their claims as intervening plaintiffs or intervening defendants.
In their petition the plaintiffs aver that James Morgan and those claiming through and under him held…
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