Southern Oil Co. v. Holman

*251Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke —

Reversing.

Alleging’ that they were the owners and in possession of 692 acres of land described by abuttals, and that the appellant oil company was claiming title to the oil and minerals therein under a lease executed by T. P. Harston to J. N. Thompson in 1915, which clouded their title, the appellees P. W. Holman and E. H. Guthrie instituted this action against the oil company to have the lease in question cancelled and the cloud removed from their title.

Defendant denied both the title and possession of the plaintiffs, and in the second paragraph of its…