Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. McLean

Relators, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Sun Pipe Line Company, Humble Oil & Refining Company, and The Texas Company, have filed an application in this Court for a writ of prohibition enjoining respondents, Marrs McLean, W. D. Gordon, Honorable George C. O’Brien, as Judge of the 58th Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, Honorable Raymond L. Murray, as Judge of the 60th Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, and E. E. Easterling, from proceeding further in four suits filed in the district courts of Jefferson County.

Relators allege as grounds for the writ of prohibition that Marrs…