Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Southland Royalty Co.

McGILL, Justice.

By this suit appellees sought a declaratory judgment under Article 2524— 1, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., to settle and determine a controversy which 'had arisen between them and appellants as to their claim to a royalty interest in certain minerals produced from a portion of Section 6 in Block “A”, B. S. & F. Survey in Crockett County. They also sought an accounting and judgment against appellant, Humble Oil & Refining Company, the purchaser of the oil produced from such land. Trial to the court without a jury resulted in a judgment in favor of appellees for all relief sought, the…