Lark v. Coyle

In this cause appellants filed their petition in the court below on April 2, 1924, alleging that they are the owners of a certain tract of land in McMullen county, bounded on the south or southwest by the Frio River; that said river is a nonnaviga-ble stream, and that under the terms of the grant, under which appellants hold, their title extends to. the land not only to the water’s! edge, but to the center of the stream. It is then alleged that appellees are engaged in drilling an oil and gas well, 12 inches in diameter, on the midline or filum aquse of said river, and unless restrained, will…