Jackson v. Gulf Refining Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “"* * * the North Central Texas Oil Company and the Southland Royalty Company would not have been obliged to appeal from the judgment in order to have the benefit of the annulment of the judgment on the appeal by the Spearmans. In that respect, the North Central Texas Oil Company and the Southland Royalty Company were in the situation of an owner of a servitude, or like a holder of a mortgage, on the land. The owner of a servitude or of a mortgage on a tract of land is not a necessary party to a petitory action brought against the owner of the land, and is not obliged to appeal from a judgment against the owner of the land, in order to protect his, the servitude owner's or mortgage owner's, right to have the benefit of a reversal of the judgment on an appeal by the owner of the land." [4] (Italics ours)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fontenot v. Sun Oil Company