Texas Co. v. Beall

In 1925⅛ appellees W. W. Beall and J. T. Beall, brothers, filed separate suits against their sister, Mrs. Watson, each seeking a recovery of an undivided one-third interest in 6 acres of land, together with one-third of the mineral rights and one-third of the price which Mrs. Watson had obtained for an oil and gas lease contract on said property. Mrs. Watson, by cross-action in said litigation, claimed, to own the entire 6 acres and asked that her title to the land and mineral rights be quieted. Those suits resulted in judgment being entered for each of the Bealls for an undivided one-third…