Phillips Petroleum Company v. Lovell

CHAPMAN, Justice.

This is a summary judgment case in which the trial court summarily awarded judgment for the plaintiffs below, James R. Lovell and Louva H. Lovell, acting in the capacity as guardians of the estate of the landowner, John Hunt Lovell, a minor, against Phillips Petroleum Company. The parties will be hereinafter referred to as appellant or Phillips and as appellees.

Appellant owns and holds two rights-of-way grants executed by John H. Hunt, predecessor in title of John Hunt Lovell, to Phillips in 1944 and 1946 respectively, covering a half-section of land in Sherman County, Texas.

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