Vincent Oil Co. v. Gulf Refining Co. of Louisiana

Citations

• 195 F. 434
• 115 C.C.A. 336
• 1912 U.S. App. LEXIS 1390

Syllabus

<p>Mines and Minerals (§ 81*)—Indispensable Parties—Persons Necessary to Complete Determination.</p> <p>An oil company, which is assignee of an undivided half interest in an oil lease and is in exclusive possession and operating the property, is an indispensable party to a suit to establish the validity of a prior lease, the necessary effect of which would be to invalidate its own, and also, even if it were not a party, to interfere with its exclusive possession.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Mines and Minerals, Cent. Dig. § 211; Dee. Dig. § 81.*]</p>