Legal Opinion
Wier v. Texas Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided August 18, 1948No. Civ. 1915, 2003, 2111PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
These three suits were originally filed in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. They were removed to this court by the defendant,
The Texas Company, because of diversity of citizenship and the value of the matter in controversy.
The three cases are mutually admitted to-be identical, have been consolidated, and this opinion will be written as if there were but one case.
The action is a petitory one; upon defendant’s motion plaintiffs were ordered to produce copies of their title deeds.
Motions to dismiss were filed by the defendant; on…
2Cases cited79 opinions
- Muskrat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Ex Parte Bakelite Corp'n.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Engl v. ætna Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Brawley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- In Re ChetwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. Nebo Oil Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1950
- Wier v. Texas Co. Ludeau v. Texas Co. Vidrine v. Texas CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Whitley v. Rhodes Financial Services, Inc. (In Re Whitley)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
- In the Matter of J. Lawrence Hill, Debtor. David v. Adler v. J. Lawrence Hill and Whitney National BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Severson v. FleckDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1957
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