Legal Opinion
Texas Co. v. Marlin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1940No. 9166PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Eli John Marlin, recently of age, brought suit on Aug. 9,1935, against the Texas Company for an account of oil taken in 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924 from lands in Stephens County, Texas, under a lease from his mother, she being life tenant of the lands under her father’s will and he the remain-derman. The lessee who produced the oil was another corporation of the same name whose assets and liabilities had been taken over by the defendant. He recovered a judgment for % of the gross sales of the oil with interest at 6% from the time the last oil was produced. Both sides…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Keokuk & Western Railroad v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Dull v. BlackmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Swayne v. Lone Acre Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1905
- Higgins Oil & Fuel Co. v. SnowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1902
- Davis v. Atlantic Oil Producing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- W. S. Kincade v. Jeffery-De Witt Insulator CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Bismarck Public School District No. One of Burleigh County v. HirschNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965
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