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Hunt family

Every case in the archive that involves the Hunt family, best-known first.

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The cases

Under each headline: who in the family is in the case. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
3
Years
1974 to 2017
Countries
United States
Subjects
Oil and natural resources, Business dynasties, Secret heirs
Updated
30 October 2026
H. L. Hunt: H. L. Hunt (American oil magnate, 1965)2017 · Dallas, Texas, USAAn H. L. Hunt great-grandson took a nine-figure settlement and promised not to contest his father's will, then contested itAlbert G. Hill III, great-grandson of H.L. Hunt, sued his father Albert Hill Jr. and his sisters over trusts, then contested his father's will.H. L. Hunt died in 1974 and left trusts for his heirs. In 2007 his great-grandson Albert G. Hill III sued his two sisters and his father, Albert Hill Jr., alleging misadministration of two trusts of which he was a beneficiary.ca5.uscourts.gov and 3 moreH. L. Hunt: H. L. Hunt (American oil magnate, 1965)1980 · Dallas, Texas, and New York, USAH.L. Hunt's sons bought a third of the world's silver, lost more than $1 billion, and filed for bankruptcy after a Peruvian state company won in courtNelson Bunker, William Herbert and Lamar Hunt, sons of H.L. Hunt, were found liable over the silver buying, and Bunker and William Herbert went bankrupt.Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt were sons of the Texas oilman H.L. Hunt, who left a multibillion-dollar fortune and Placid Oil.Deseret News and 2 moreH. L. Hunt: H. L. Hunt (American oil magnate, 1965)1974 · Dallas, TexasOilman H.L. Hunt had three families with 15 children, and the wife from his bigamous marriage sued his heirs four years after his deathH.L. Hunt, oilman, had a second, bigamous family with Frania Tye Lee, who sued his heirs; his son Ray Lee Hunt was executor.H.L. Hunt made one of the largest oil fortunes in America from the East Texas field. He married Lyda Bunker in November 1914 and had seven children with her.UPI and 3 more

Spanish land grants to the largest private landowner in the US

One fortune, step by step. Every fortune followed through time

1849Waggoner Ranch founded in Texas
1862–1864Pacific Railroad grants: more than 175 million acres go to railroads (1850–1871)
3 Jan 1900James J. Hill sells Weyerhaeuser 900,000 acres at $6 an acre
28 May 1923Santa Rita No. 1 strikes oil on Texas university land
1930H.L. Hunt buys the East Texas leases for about $1.34m, $30,000 in cash
1991Electra Waggoner Biggs sues to break up the 520,527-acre ranch
2016Waggoner Ranch sold to Stan Kroenke
2026Kroenke ranked first, more than 2.7 million acres