Wier v. Texas Co. Ludeau v. Texas Co. Vidrine v. Texas Co

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

The three suits we have here for. consideration were removed from the state court of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, because of diversity of citizenship and the requisite amounts in controversy. The plaintiffs in each case seek to recover from The Texas Company, a Delaware corporation, the mineral rights in certain lands to which they have acquired title through E. B. Norman & Company, predecessor in title to the Texas Company. The suits, being alike, were consolidated in the briefs, argument and disposition, without objection by the parties.

The complaints charge that the…