Article: XTO Energy to buy Hunt Petroleum for $4.19 billion

Heirs of famed Texas wildcatter H.L. Hunt, once among the richest men in America, are selling one of the last remaining pieces of his legacy, the Hunt Petroleum Corp., for $4.19 billion.

XTO Energy Inc. said Tuesday it is buying privately held Hunt Petroleum for cash and stock in a deal made more attractive by high oil and gas prices.

But the deal could become tangled in a money feud roiling the Hunt family. The lawyer for one of Hunt's great-grandsons, who is suing his own family over billions held in trust funds, vowed Tuesday to block the sale. He considers the price too low.

XTO said the deal includes $2.6 billion in cash and 23.5 million shares of XTO stock that ...

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