Hunt Oil Co. v. Moore

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This case is a consolidation of two appeals from the same judgment. This court in an earlier opinion dismissed the appeal of Hunt Oil Company (Cause No. 1464) for want of jurisdiction. 1 Pursuant to the Texas Supreme Court’s mandate we now consider the merits of each appeal.

Willis Moore, Trustee (hereinafter Moore), brought suit on July 7, 1970, against Hunt Oil Company and others (hereinafter Hunt) seeking to have a lease declared terminated, cloud on title removed, and title quieted in himself. Moore, relying upon a subsequently acquired mineral deed, claimed that a…