State Nat'l Bk. of Corpus Christi v. Morgan

Mr. Presiding Judge Smedley

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

The controversy herein is as to the ownership of undivided one-half interests in certain fractional parts of the oil, gas and other minerals in three tracts of land reserved to lessors in three leases until lessors should receive therefrom, free from cost of production or marketing, stated total sums. Judgment of the trial court in favor of defendant in error Morgan was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 123 S. W. (2d) 1036.

Plaintiff in error, State National Bank of Corpus Christi, the owner of a…