Hudson v. Newell

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

On Dec. 11, 1945, the appellants as plaintiffs filed in the District Court four suits concerning four contiguous tracts of land in Mississippi, each of which was claimed by different defendants, with the oil therefrom, which was being extracted by two oil companies also named as defendants. On March 16, 1946, amendments were made to each suit adding two additional counts and asking additional relief. The plaintiffs claimed all the lands under the same title and the pleadings in the four suits and the relief prayed were nearly identical. The defendants filed motions to…