Legal Opinion
Pacific Royalty Co. v. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1955No. Nos. 4827, 4828PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, who are the heirs at law of Lester L. Williams and Gertrude A. Bates, have joined together in this action to quiet title to the minerals underlying 320 acres of land in Lea County, New Mexico, and alternatively to establish a trust in the minerals, to procure an equitable accounting, and to rescind the deed through which the appellant Pacific Royalty Company claims the minerals. In 1919, Lester L. Williams received a patent on a homestead entry to the land in question, and almost immediately thereafter he mortgaged it to the F. B. Collins Investment…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Southern Development Co. v. SilvaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Prevost v. GratzSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Davis Et Ux. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Dowell v. ApplegateSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- United States v. Cecil Thompson, Cecil Thompson, Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- State v. BakerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
- United States v. 1,557.28 Acres of Land in Osage County, Kansas and Wilbur C. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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