Broughton v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

NEALON, Chief Justice.

This was an action in trespass to try title brought by Herbert Broughton and wife, Lillian Broughton, as plaintiffs, against Madie E. Hanscom, a feme sole, W. W. Barnes, and Humble Oil & Refining Company, as defendants. Plaintiffs sued for the recovery of title and possession of a fifteen-acre tract of land in Galveston county, Tex. The defendant Madie E. Hanscom was the record owner in 1924 when plaintiffs Her bert Broughton and wife, Lillian Broughton, asserted they fenced the land and began to mature a limitation title. In 1930, Madie Hanscom executed an oil, gas, and…