Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Hunt Petroleum Corp.

MOORE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. Plaintiffs, Rio Bravo Oil Company and Southern Pacific Company, brought suit in trespass to try title against defendants, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, et al, for title and possession of 25.042 acres of land situated in the Isaac W. Burton Survey in Henderson County, Texas. Plaintiffs alleged in their petition that Southern Pacific Company, successor to Texas & New Orleans Railroad company, is the owner of fee simple title to said lands including the oil, gas and minerals in, on and under and that may be produced therefrom subject only…