Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Jeffrey

Appellant, Humble Oil & Refining Company, sued appellees, Wm. E. Jeffrey, T. A. Tiller, Dave G. Tiller, M. C. Kelley, Burt Brydson, Rastus Johnson, Helen Trulove, and C. W. Robinson, in trespass to try title to seven-eighths of the oil, gas, and other minerals in 32.23 acres of land in Bastrop county. Wash Eranklin, deceased, was the agreed common source of title, and appellant claimed seven-eighths of the minerals under an ordinary 88 form oil and gas lease executed to it by Rebecca Eranklin, the alleged common-law wife of Wash Eranklin, and their children, Helen, Emzie, and Wayman Franklin,…