Legal Opinion

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided July 29, 1933No. 7382PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BAUGH, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the state against appellants'for the recovery as vacant lands of 525.2 acres in- Hutchinson county, a money judgment for $916,578.2⅜" against named oil companies for oil taken *738from said lands up to September 30, 1928, and decreeing to E. B. Trigg a prior right to purchase said land from the state.

The only issue in the case is the proper location of the Mary Whitley survey. All of the surrounding surveys to which its field notes call to adjoin are senior surveys to the Whitley, and a brief history of these surveys as shown by the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Maddox Bros. & Anderson v. FennerTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Boon v. HunterTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Camp v. Gulf Production Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Finberg v. GilbertTexas Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Kirby Lumber Co. v. Gibbs Bros. & Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Douglas Oil Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  2. John G. & Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation v. Dewhurst, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1999
  3. Trigg v. WhittenburgCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
  4. Frost v. Socony Mobil Oil CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Southern Pine Lumber Co. v. WhitemanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942

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