Bringhurst v. Texas Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hardin. Tried below before Hon. L. B. Hightower.
1Opinion of the Court
GILL, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by George R. Bringhurst and his coplaintiffs in the form of an action of trespass to try title to recover of the Texas Company, a corporation, 842 acres of land out of the Stephen Jackson league in Hardin County, Texas. The property in controversy is known as the Sour Lake tract on which is situated the Sour Lake health resort and it is now part of the Sour Lake oil field.
The defendants pleaded not guilty and limitation of three, five and ten years. Of the issues submitted to the jury they decided but one, and found for defendant on the theory…
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