Hudson v. Gulf Refining Co.

Thirteen heirs of N.L. Hudson, Sr., claiming to be the sole and only owners in fee of the 360 acres of land described, as well as of all the mineral interests therein, filed their bill in the Chancery Court of Jasper County against 106 defendants, including the Gulf Refining Company (which, under a mineral lease from certain of its codefendants, had developed and was developing its holdings into an actual oil-producing acreage), and against other defendants, who in addition to Gulf Refining Company, claim under other mineral leases covering in the aggregate all of the lands in question.

The…