Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co. v. Crabb

This suit was brought in the district court of Eastland county by W. W. Crabb and wife against the Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company and the Prairie Oil & Gas Company to recover the possession of 12 acres of land, a part of the Mary Fury survey in Eastland county, and for specified damages. D. G. Hunt, J. A. Templeton, and R. F. Milam joined as plaintiffs, claiming a one-half interest in the oil and mineral rights in the land.

The parties will be designated as in the trial court.

In addition to the formal pleas, plaintiffs alleged that on March 13, 1917, Crabb and wife executed an oil and gas…