Atlantic Richfield Company v. Hilton

DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This suit involves the question of whether an oil, gas and mineral lease executed by appellees, the Hiltons and McCoys, owners of the leasing privilege, to the predecessor in title of appellant, Atlantic, had terminated.

Appellees, W. O. Hilton and wife, Mal-virin Hilton and L. A. McCoy and wife, Ila Mae McCoy, filed suit in November, 1961, against Atlantic Refining Company, now Atlantic Richfield Company, in the District Court of Henderson County, Texas', to remove as a cloud on title to an 82.713 acre tract, a part of a Unit Declaration for 160 acre oil unit filed by…