Legal Opinion
Lee v. Phillips Petroleum Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 27, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 67-G-19PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
The seeds of this lawsuit were sown in 1956, when two groups of cotenants, each owning an undivided one-half interest *581in a single tract of land, made differing and partially inconsistent pipeline right-of-way grants or easements to the same third party. The courts of the State of Texas have not been confronted with this exact situation and therefore have not passed upon the controlling point of law.
On January 25, 1956, one group of co-tenants, which shall be referred to as the Korge group, owners of an undivided one-half interest in the tract of land,…
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