Liddell v. Smith

BELL, Chief Justice.

Appellants are Frank A. Liddell and the National Bank of Commerce of Houston. Appellees are T. M. Smith and the Humble Oil and Refining Company. The Humble Company is really a stakeholder but is an appellee because judgment went against it. in favor of T. M. Smith as to certain accrued royalties and thus against appeL ■lañts as to such 'royalties. This case originated ■ in a trespass-to-try title suit filed June 19, 1956, by appellants'in which they sought to establish ownership to one-fourth of the .one-eighth royalty created in a lease to the Humble Company insofar as it…