Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation v. Gregg

GRAY, Justice.

This cause is a companion case to our Cause No. 10,773, Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation v. A. W. Gregg, Tex.Civ.App., 337 S.W.2d 216 this day decided.

Appellants, Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation and Mayfair Minerals, Inc., sued appellee, A. W. Gregg, as the owner of oil and gas leases on two tracts of land located in the City of Pharr, Hidalgo County. The first tract is .207 acres of land known as the Wilkinson tract and the second tract is .4 acres of land known as the Butler tract. Appellants own oil and gas leases on lands completely surrounding the Wilkinson and Butler tracts.

Appell…