Reserve Petroleum Co. v. Hodge

GRAVES, Justice.

This was an action in trespass to try title to 91.4 acres of land in Colorado County, Texas, brought by E. F. Hodge and Jacob Blanchard and wife, Mary Blanchard, herein called appellees, against Farmers Royalty Holding Company, M. L. McLain, Gulf Coast Western Oil Company, and The Reserve Petroleum Company, herein called appellants. While the petition was in the form prescribed by Rule 783, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, for an action in trespass to try title to the land, the claim of the appellees was that two mineral-deeds, executed by Jacob Blanchard and wife, Mary…