Celt Oil, Inc. v. Jackson

EDWARDS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, who hold a mineral lease on property owned by Malcom and Huland Miley, Jr., filed this petition for declaratory judgment, seeking to have their mineral lease declared valid. Defendants, Mr. & Mrs. Jackson, who claim ownership of a portion of the property covered by the lease, assert that the Mileys do not have title to that portion of the property, and therefore that the lease as to that portion is invalid. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants, dismissing plaintiffs’ suit. We reverse and remand.

The Mileys and the Jacksons own adjacent…