Dorman v. Minnich

DALTON, Judge.

This cause comes to the writer on reassignment. It is an action to quiet and determine title to 80 acres of described real estate in Texas County; however, title to only 20 acres is involved in this appeal. ;Some fifty plaintiffs claimed to own the mineral rights in this particularly described .20 acres, some of them claiming as little as .a 1%584 undivided fractional interest therein. While the petition named a number of ■defendants, only J. W. Maples and his wife Minnie D. Maples and Marcus Flatt appeared and defended the action. They claimed the fee simple ownership of both…