Martin County v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.

LUMPKIN, Justice.

This suit was filed by the appellant, Martin County, Texas, against about 95 defendants — including the appellees, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Carrie Slaughter Dean, Andrew P. Caíto, Ed Déla Catto, Roberta Wright Reeves, Déla S. Wright, Stanolind Oil and Gas Company, Phillips Petroleum Company, Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation, The Superior Oil Company, Continental Oil Company, Sunray Oil Corporation and J. R. Dunaway — to recover title and possession to Leagues 58, 59 and 60 and parts of Leagues 57 and 61, situated in Hockley and Cochran Counties.

In 1885, pursuant to the…