Gillette v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Harris County Court; W, E. Manteith, Judge. Suit by Mrs. A. C. Gillette against Allen and Sidney Mitchell and another. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.
This suit was brought by appellant against Allen and Sidney Mitchell and J. C. Schilling to recover the sum of $468.98, claimed by plaintiff as her part of money received by defendants as royalties from a joint indivisible oil lease covering adjoining tracts of land owned by plaintiff and the defendants Mitchell. The defendant Schilling was in possession of the fund as agent of defendants Mitchell and was therefore made a party defendant.
The controversy over the ownership of the royalties in question arises upon the following facts:
Mrs. Minnie Gaillard, who owned a tract of 42.2 acres of land…
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