Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Manziel

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Appellees, the heirs of L. H. Reese and those claiming mineral interests under them, plead a trespass to try title in statutory form and specifically title under the ten years’ statute of limitation Article 5510 Rev.Civ.St., and therein describe a 0.52-acre parcel of land, somewhat triangular in shape, out of the Geo. Brewer 1280-acre survey in Wood County. Appellant, Humble Oil & Refining Company, the sole defendant below, answered- with a plea of not guilty. Trial to a jury resulted in a judgment in favor of appellees.

The plat prepared by Grothaus to represent the result…