Petroleum Producers Co. v. Reed

MURRAY, Justice.

Appellants, Petroleum Producers Company and United Producers Company, instituted this suit in the District Court of Duval County against, M. H. Reed, Daniel B. Purvis and Ralph R. Ogden, in trespass to try title to approximately six acres of land in Duval County.

Appellees, Reed, Purvis and Ogden, filed a plea in abatement setting up, among other things, that the State of Texas was a necessary party to this suit, in that the State was claiming title to the six acres of land and had executed an oil and gas lease thereon to appellees. The trial court, after hearing evidence on…