Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Woods

VAUGHAN, ,J.

Appellee, the owner of an oil, gas, and mineral lease, covering blocks 33, 34, and 40 of tbe subdivision of the W. W. Olsen lands in the Jos. Broyles one-third league in Navarro county, Tex., instituted this suit on the 31st day of July, 1923, against appellants Humble Pipe Line Company, a private corporation, owner of the fee-simple title to safft blocks, and the Humble Oil & Refining Company, a private corporation, to recover damages alleged by appellee to have been sustained on account of certain acts and conduct on the part of appellants in appropriating the entire surface of…