J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. Hooks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hardin County. Tried below before Hon. L. B. Hightower, Jr.
1Opinion of the Court
BEESE, Associate Justice.
—This is a suit by Charles Guy Knight suing by C. B. Hooks, his next friend, and H. A. Hooks, against the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company for the recovery of an undivided one-fourth interest in 553 acres of land, the Champion Choate survey. Plaintiffs also sought to recover damages' for the extraction of oil from the land, but by agreement this was eliminated and the suit as tried, was only for the recovery of the land.
Upon the trial, with a jury, there was a verdict and judgment in favor of the said Charles Guy Knight for an undivided one-eighth interest in the land,…
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