Gulf Production Co. v. Spear

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

The suit is an action of trespass to try title. The land in controversy is 1.81 acres of the S. P. Hollingsworth H. R. survey in Gregg county, Tex. Plaintiffs Angus Spear •and wife claim title to the land under the statute of ten years’ limitation; all other plaintiffs and all the 'defendants claim mineral interests in the land under oil and gas leases executed by Angus Spear and wife.

On April 16, 1931, Angus Spear and wife ■executed an oil and gas lease to O. H. Houston, covering the 1.81 acres now in controversy. All the plaintiffs (except plaintiffs Angus ■Spear and…