Patterson v. Shell Petroleum Corp.

FOLLEY, Justice.

This suit was originally filed by the appellants, B. T. Patterson and wife, Eva Patterson, alleged to be residents of Leon. County, Texas, on May 18, 1938, against the appellees, the Shell Oil Company,, George Baumgart, D. A. Robertson and others, in the nature of an action in trespass to try title involving the NE% of Section 826, Block D, in Yoakum County,. Texas. By amended petition filed on May 25, 1939, the appellants sought to quiet title in them to the above land and to cancel a quitclaim deed of the date of November 17, 1937, from appellants conveying the land to D. A.…