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HURLBUT v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 4737.

131 F.Supp. 466 (1955)

Raymond R. HURLBUT, Noel A. Hurlbut, Muriel E. Hurlbut Fairchild, Lois I. Hurlbut Burleson and Leona M. Hurlbut Andrus v. SHELL OIL COMPANY.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

May 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaufman, Anderson, Leithead & Scott, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs.

William W. Westerfield, Jr. and George C. Shoenberger, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant.

Jones, Kimball, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, Lake Charles, La., for third party defendants.

Lawes, Cavanaugh, Hickman & Brame, Patin & Patin, Porter & Stewart, Lake Charles, La., for interpleaded claimants.

HUNTER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, Raymond R. Hurlbut et al., filed suit to recover the 1/8 th royalty with respect to the production from a well which had been completed by Shell Oil Company on certain property belonging to plaintiffs in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Defendant answered, and in its answer set up a counterclaim for interpleader, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1335, admitting therein its liability for the entire 1/8 th royalty from the Hurlbut well, but at...

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