Legal Opinion
Ralph F. Howell v. Union Producing Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1968No. 24242_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.
This interpleader action has origins many conveyances and documents ago with the execution of a conventional oil and gas lease. The lease was signed jointly in 1951 by several lessors who owned interests in three tracts of land. The act of executing a joint lease arguably created a “community” wherein royalties from production referable to any one tract would be apportioned to the owners of all land covered by the lease. 1 The court below found a birth of community interests in 1951 and survival through 1966; thus, the judge allocated proceeds accordingly. We find…
2Cases cited63 opinions
- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Waggoner Estate v. Sigler Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1929
- Brown v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1935
- Veal v. ThomasonTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Woods v. SimsTexas Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- In the Matter of Topco, Inc., Debtor. River Production, Co., Inc. v. Jack M. Webb, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Western Oil Fields, Inc. v. Pennzoil United, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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