S. H. Oil & Royalty Co. v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad

ANDERSON, Justice.

The suit, in form of trespass to try title, was brought by the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company against S. H. Oil & Royalty Company and Thomas J. Haberle to recover title to and possession of 1.7 acres of land in Chambers County, a part of the William Bloodgood Survey. The defendants answered by pleas of not guilty. The plaintiff prevailed in a trial before the court, and the defendants appealed. As was proper in the circumstances, the appeals were originally perfected to the Galveston Court of Civil Appeals, and the case was then transferred to this court by the…