Lincoln v. King

PITTS, Chief Justice.

Appellees filed suit in trespass to try title to • 160 acres of land situated in Wil- barger County, Texas. Appellants answered with a plea of not guilty and with a cross-action alleging they owned a commercial oil and gas lease in the said land that was then in full force and effect and attached a copy of the lease to their pleadings. Appellees denied by supplemental petition the claims made by appellants and alleged that appellants had forfeited any and all rights they may have had to the said oil and gas lease by reason of the terms of an agreement executed between the…