Davis v. Atlantic Oil Producing Co.

STRUM, District Judge.

Marilla Sheppard Davis died intestate about the year 1927, seised of a Yss interest in a 100-acre tract of land in Gregg county, Tex., which interest she inherited through her deceased mother, Melissa Wilson Sheppard, a daughter of James and Ara Wilson, community owners of the whole tract until their death prior to 1906.

Marilla was survived by two sons, Cleo and Lucious Davis, and her husband Robert Davis, plaintiff-appellant in this action. Up to the time of Marilla’s death the lands in question had been used only for agricultural purposes. They had not been used nor…