Cavers v. Sioux Oil & Refining Co.

The record in this case is voluminous and complicated. A proper understanding of the questions presented necessitates a lengthy statement.

On November 17, 1920, the Sioux Oil Refining Company, hereinafter called the Sioux Company, executed and acknowledged an instrument which reads:

"Whereas, the Sioux Oil and Refining Company is the owner of an undivided Thirty-Two and Twenty nine hundredths (32.29) per cent (acres) of that certain tract of ground in Stephens County, Texas, hereinafter described, said tract being held under that certain oil and gas lease from W. H. Ackers and wife to Producers…