Reitz v. Ampro Royalty Trust

Forty-six different plaintiffs in two separate actions brought suit against the defendant Ampro Royalty Trust, appellant here, and against other defendants, to quiet title to the separately held parcels of farm and ranch lands owned by plaintiffs. The specific purpose of the litigation was to set aside mineral deeds transferring to Ampro Royalty Trust 75% of the gas, oil and mineral rights in the land of each plaintiff. The pleadings reduced the issue solely to the question of whether or not the mineral deeds were obtained through the fraud of appellant Ampro Royalty Trust and were therefore…