Baker v. Hamilton

SPEER, Justice.

Appellants, G. W. Baker and wife, Martha C. Baker, instituted this suit against ap-pellee, L. B. Hamilton, Jr., in the District Court of Montague County, Texas.

By what they term a modified form in trespass to try title, appellants sought to have the cloud of an outstanding oil and gas lease removed from their title to a described 230 acre tract of land.

The case was tried to the court without a jury, resulting in a denial of the relief asked by appellants, but holding that ap-pellee’s lease on the land was effective and that two annual rental payments tendered and deposited in…