Gulf Oil Corp. v. Marathon Oil Co.

Mr. Judge Smedley

of the Commission of Appeals delivered the opinion for the Court.

Marathon Oil Company (formerly named Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Company) and The Ohio Oil Company sued Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Production Company and Gulf Refining Company for the title and possession of the oil and gas leasehold estate in a tract of land 1930 varas in length north and south and 1100 feet in width east and west, alleged to be a part of Section 33, Block 194, G. C. & S. F. Ry. Co. in Pecos County, and for the value of 7/8th of the oil produced and taken by the *62Gulf Companies from nine wells on said…