Beck v. Gulf Production Co.

(after stating the case,as above).

The claim of the plaintiffs is that the land sued for was not embraced in any of the partition deeds and is unpartitioned land owned by the original tenants in common and the heirs and devisees of such of the original owners as are now dead.

The contention of the defendants is that the land is a part of block No. S.

In brief, the boundary theory of the plaintiffs is that in locating block 5 the course and distance calls in the partition deed to Clinton Beck can alone be considered, and such calls do not embrace the land sued for.

The partition of the land owned…