Badu v. Dezendorf

McClendon, chief justice.

Suit by Badu against Dezendorf for the title and possession of certain barite mineral stone, valued at $210, mined by De-zendorf from a 480-acre tract of land in Llano county. The trial was to a jury, and the appeal is by Badu from a judgment in favor of Dezendorf upon a verdict directed at the close of plaintiff’s evidence. The sole question here is whether Badu showed himself entitled to recover the minerals either in whole or any specific part thereof. The controlling facts follow:

The land was owned by a corporation which became defunct in 1912 as a result of…