Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Weed

Mr. Judge LEDDY

of the Commission of Appeals delivered the opinion for the court.

This case involves the title to .43 acres of land, being a strip 104.7 feet by 196.3 feet, a part of the John Douthit survey in Jefferson county, Texas, included within the right-of-way of the Texas & New Orleans Railway.

This suit was instituted by defendants in error, J. F. Weed, and the Gulf Production Company, against plaintiffs in error to restrain the latter from drilling said tract of land for oil. After a hearing the injunction was granted, as prayed for. An appeal was taken to the Court of Civil Appeals,…