Houston Oil Co. v. Gallup
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson County. Tried below before Hon. L. B. Hightower. The suit was trespass to try title brought by W. W. and B. Water-house against the Houston Oil Company, Gallup and Gordon. Hassell and others intervened. Plaintiffs sold to the Houston Oil Company and dismissed their action. The litigation was continued between the defendants and interveners.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLSON, Chief Justice.
The suit was to try the title to the Patsey Lewis survey of 17,639,400 square varas, situated in San Augustine County, on Ayish Bayou, and about twenty-one miles south of the town of San Augustine. Appellants, except as to a portion of the land for which they obtained judgment, claimed title through mesne conveyances from parties claiming as devisees under Patsey Lewis’ will, and appellees claimed through mesne conveyances from parties claiming *372as her heirs. From a finding of the court in favor of the title asserted by the heirs as against the title asserted by the…
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