Davis v. Stonecipher

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

In this suit appellees claimed to own certain mineral interests and sought to cancel appellants ’ tax title thereto.

Appellees alleged that A. N. Stonecipher and his coappellees owned l/128th interest in the minerals under one 40-acre tract (referred to as the Wingfield tract), and %th interest in the minerals under another 40-acre tract (referred to as the Hicks tract). No oil or gas has been produced from either tract, so far as the evidence discloses. The appellants claim that the said mineral interest on each tract forfeited to the State in 1938 for the nonpayment…