McLain v. Class

GRAVES, Justice.

This was an action in trespass to try title to 136 acres of land in Colorado County, Texas, brought by Oscar Class and wife, herein called appellees, against M. L. McLain, Gulf Coast Western Oil Company, and the Reserve Petroleum Company, herein called appellants. While the petition was in the form prescribed by Rule 783 Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, for an action in trespass to try title to the land, the claim of the appellees was that two mineral deeds, executed by their predecessors in title, on October 7, 1931, and purporting to convey one-half of the minerals underlying…