Laurito v. McVey

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a suit brought by appellant, Laurito, for the purpose of contesting the title to a mineral lease and to recover damages for defendant’s alleged wrongful possession of said lease. By the order from which the present appeal is taken, the court below, in sustaining appellee’s plea to the jurisdiction, held that an earlier order entered by the court requiring that plaintiff join certain named persons as parties defendant within 180 days or face dismissal, was self executing and plaintiff having failed to meet the condition, the court…