Hardy Oil Company v. Burnham
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Matagorda County. Tried below before Hon. Wells Thompson.
1Opinion of the Court
REESE, Associate Justice.
— This is an appeal from an interlocutory order appointing a receiver, on petition of appellees, of certain land in Matagorda County embracing an oil field upon which appellants were operating. Appellees, sole heirs of Emily Louise Burnham, sued in trespass to try title and for partition, claiming to be owners of 21/96 of the Henry Parker league, and alleged that defendants, of whom there was a large number, many of them nonresident corporations, were ■ engaged in taking oil from the land and disposing of the same, and alleged certain facts which it was claimed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Dunn v. TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Veramendi v. HutchinsTexas Supreme Court · 1878
- Thompson v. CraggTexas Supreme Court · 1859
- Duren v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1893
- Church v. WaggonerTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Shell Petroleum Corp. v. GraysTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Shell Petroleum Corp. v. GraysTexas Supreme Court · 1933
- Loomis v. CobbCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Burnham v. Hardy Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Huling v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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