Gammon v. Humphreys-Mexia Oil Co.

This suit was filed in the district court of Limestone county by J. L. Gammon, Jno. F. Wyatt, R. J. Colburn, M. B. Ray, and A. H. Paillett against Hum-phreys-Mexia Oil Company, a corporation, C. A. Kennedy, H. W. Freeman, W. D. Freeman, H. C. Freeman, J. E. Winans, J. W. McLendon, Jack Womack, Max Guteman, and the Shear Company, in the form of trespass to try title to part of the Pedro Varella 11-league grant situated about iy2 miles west of the town of Mexia and properly described by field notes in said petition.

Appellants, who were plaintiffs below, in their petition also specially pleaded…