Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the South- ' era. District of Texas; Waller T. Burns, Judge. Suit by the Houston Oil Company of Texas and its receiver against the Thompson & Ford Dumber Company, in which the State of Texas filed an ancillary bill. From a judgment for the State, the Houston Oil Company of Texas and its receiver appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
The controversy,“ between the state of Texas and the Houston Oil Company of Texas, is over a fund paid into court as the adjudged value of certain timber taken by the Thompson & Ford Dumber Company from the Dick Walker survey in Hardin county, Tex.
The land, belonging to the common school fund of the state, was sold under a statute which required “settlement” on the land, that the applicant should not he acting in collusion with others for the purpose of buying the land for any other person or corporation, and that no other person should be interested in the purchase. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thompson & Ford Lumber Co. v. DillinghamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1915
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- Consolidated American Royalty Corp. v. TaliaferroCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935