Legal Opinion
Foster v. Gulf Oil Corporation
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 31, 1960No. 6333PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Chief Justice.
This is a vacancy suit, brought pursuant to the provisions of Article 5421c, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes. It involves a league of land in Jefferson County which was granted to Pelham Humphries by the State of Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico, on February 14,4835.
His application for a mineral lease on the land having been refused in 1953 by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, appellant brought suit for adjudication of the question as to whether the land is or is not vacant and unsurveyed school land. Gulf Oil Corporation and numerous other corporations…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Anderson v. PolkTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- Hancock v. McKinneyTexas Supreme Court · 1851
- Robson v. OsbornTexas Supreme Court · 1855
- Texas Portland Cement & Lime Co. v. LeeTexas Supreme Court · 1904
- O'Keefe v. RobisonTexas Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by8 opinions
- M. T. Humphries v. Texas Gulf Sulphur CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Butler v. SadlerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Peregoy v. Amoco Production Co.District Court, E.D. Texas · 1990
- Strong v. Delhi-Taylor Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Atchley v. Superior Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
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