Buist v. Connell

COLLINGS, Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant, F. J. Buist, in trespass to try title. He sought to recover the mineral interest in 118 acres of land, more or less, situated in Eastland County, Texas, and to recover payments for oil and gas alleged to be due from the Premier Oil & Refining Company of Texas, and the Lone Star Gas Company. Appellees, O. J. Connell, Jr., Sarah Lou Stone, John R. Connell and Mary Jo- Higgins and their respective spouses, real parties defendant in the trial court, filed a general denial, a plea of not guilty and a verified plea of non est factum as to the…