Myers v. Crenshaw

This is a trespass to try title action, tried to a jury, involving leasehold interests, royalty interest, and the fee-simple title to a 25-acre tract of land situated in Rusk county, Tex.

Rufus Jones, joined by his second wife, on September 11, 1930, executed an oil and gas lease to R. H. Laird. In December these parties executed a deed conveying 1/2 the minerals to B. F. Carroll, subject to the said lease. By mesne conveyances M. S. Thetford, J. E. Bradley, and Sun Oil Company were the owners of this Carroll interest. Later, in February, 1931, these same parties executed a deed conveying 1/4…