Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Potter

BAUGH, Justice.

This is a Rule 37 case. The land involved consists of 8.97 acres in Gregg County. It is L-shaped with an overall length of approximately 3,500 feet and a mean width of approximately 100 feet. The Humble Oil Company owns the lease on the lands adjoining its entire length on the west; and the Sun Oil Company a lease on the adjoining lands to the east. The Smith heirs owned title to this strip by limitation prior to the discovei'y of oil in this field. After such discovery, these heirs in July, 1934, by consent decree, or agreed judgment, in the District Court of Gregg County,…