Murray v. Barnhart
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Certiorari to Court of Appeal, Parish of Caddo. Actions by John Murray and others, by L. J. Pitts, by A. E. Graham, and by M. J. Pitts against W. E. Barnhart. The suits were consolidated. Judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and Barn-hart appeals for certiorari or writ of review.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
In this matter four suits are consolidated — three brought by the heirs of E. J. Pitts, and one by the assigns of another heir. One of them was brought a short time in advance of the others.
Their object is to set aside an oil lease made by E. J. Pitts to the J. M. Guffey Company, and by said company transferred to the defendant, W. E. Barnhart. There has been a partition of the land among the heirs; hence four suits, instead of one.
For making their contract the parties tísed the blank form given at page 869 of Thornton on “The Law Relating to Oil and Gas,” which also was the form used by the…
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