Stroud v. Hunt Oil Co.

GRISSOM, Justice.

Hunt Oil Company et al. instituted this suit against J. C. Stroud in trespass to try title ,to a seven-eighths mineral estate in a strip of land containing approximately .28 of an acre. Plaintiffs, in addition to the formal plea in trespass to try title, pleaded the five and ten year statutes of limitations. Defendant, Stroud, answered by general denial and plea of not guilty. The trial was to the court. The court rendered judgment for plaintiffs- and defendant has appealed.

At the request of appellant, the court filed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

The land in…