Higgins Oil & Fuel Co. v. Snow

Fifth Circuit

Higgins Oil & Fuel Co. v. Snow

113 F. 433, 51 C.C.A. 267, 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 3965

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit·Decided February 25, 1902·No. No. 1,114·Published·Cited by 23 cases

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

As, by the record, the appellee, Mrs. Snow, is seised of an estate for life in one undivided one-eighteenth part of the lands described in the decree appealed from, and to that extent is a tenant in common with the owners of the fee, we all agree that she is interested in and entitled to an accounting for all oil developed and produced on and from the said lands to the prejudice of her estate, and to that end a receiver was properly appointed pending the litigation necessary to finally determine the full rights of the appellee. On this appeal no other questions need be passed upon.

The decree of the circuit court is affirmed, with costs.

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PER CURIAM.

As, by the record, the appellee, Mrs. Snow, is seised of an estate for life in one undivided one-eighteenth part of the lands described in the decree appealed from, and to that extent is a tenant in common with the owners of the fee, we all agree that she is interested in and entitled to an accounting for all oil developed and produced on and from the said lands to the prejudice of her estate, and to that end a receiver was properly appointed pending the litigation necessary to finally determine the full rights of the appellee. On this appeal no other questions need be passed upon.

The decree of the circuit court is affirmed, with costs.

Higgins Oil & Fuel Co. v. Snow, 113 F. 433, 51 C.C.A. 267, 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 3965 (5th Cir. 1902).

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