Steed v. Crossland

WALKER, Justice.

Appellant sued appellees and others to recover title to and possession of the minerals in two tracts of land in the Edgar Pollett Survey in Nacogdoches County. The defendants other than the appellees defaulted and the appellant recovered judgment against them as prayed for; but after trial to the court with a jury judgment was rendered on the jury’s verdict that appellant take nothing against appel-lees and that appellees recover the mineral interests claimed by them.

Ben W. Wilson is the common source of title. His title to the land is based on these three conveyances; (a)…