Gulf Production Co. v. Warren

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by appellee, the Oakwood Realty Company, against appellants, the Gulf Production Company, Rio Bravo Oil Company, and Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, to recover % of the value of the oil produced, less the expenses of production, from 7%oo of an acre in the Texas & New Orleans Railroad right of way, in the John Douthit survey, Jefferson county, Tex. We quote as follows from appellee’s petition:

“The Oakwood Realty Company prior to the year 1925 acquired and was the lawful owner in fee simple title of two certain tracts or parcels of land situated in…