Cannan v. Curkeet

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellees, Wm. R. Curkeet, as owner in fee simple, and Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, a corporation, holding under a mineral lease from Curkeet, brought this suit in the District Court, in trespass to try *574title, against Chas. H. Alexander, J. E. Alexander, Carolyn A. Cannan, and G. C. Cannan, her husband, and J. F. Law, to recover title and possession of two tracts of land in Brazoria county, Tex. At the close of the evidence a verdict was directed in favor of plaintiffs and against defendants, except, Law. Charles H. Alexander and the Cannans have appealed. Error is…