Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Zeppa

ALEXANDER, Justice.

Joe Zeppa, T. M. Collins, and others filed suit against Magnolia Petroleum Company and others in' trespass to try title to recover the title and possession of two-tenths acres of land in Upshur county. Zeppa claimed to be the owner of an oil and gas mining lease on the land, and the others claimed to be the owners of the fee. In the same suit the plaintiffs prayed for the appointment of a receiver pending a trial on the merits with authority to take charge of the land and let a contract for the drilling of a well thereon for the production of oil and .gas, and in that…