The Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company v. Honolulu Oil Corporation

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Filed by the appellee, the suit was for a judgment, removing as a cloud, upon plaintiff’s title to a mineral leasehold estate held by it, the assertion of and claims of defendant to an overriding royalties in production from said estate, estopping defendant from making such assertions and claims, and establishing and confirming plaintiff’s mineral leasehold estate as against the defendant.

Tried to the court without a jury, there were findings and conclusions, contained in a written opinion, 1 and a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendant has appealed.

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