Hendron v. Yount-Lee Oil Co.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by Dora B. Hendron, Emil Claude Howard and Glenn Howard against Yount-Lee Oil Co., Sun *760Oil Co., Stanolind Oil & Gas Co., Fidelity-Royalty Co. and S. G. Smith, to recover 53% acres of land, part of the Wm. Castelberry Survey, in Gregg County, Texas. Jurisdiction was asserted by reason of sufficient amount involved and diversity of citizenship; and on the ground that certain judgments of the Texas state courts deprived plaintiffs of the equal protection of the laws and due process of law, in violation of the 14th Amendment. Jurisdiction based on…