Texas Co. v. Meador

Appellees sued appellant, the Texas Company, and others, for partition of a tract of land in Eastland county. It was alleged that each of the parties other than the Texas Company owned an undivided one-eleventh interest in the land, and that the Texas Company owned an oil and gas lease on only one-eleventh of the land, acquired through one of the defendants, Mrs. M. C. Banowsky, who was formerly Mrs. M. C. Arnold. In February, 1902, G. B. Branton and wife, who owned the land in fee simple, conveyed it by deed to Mrs. M. C. Arnold, and the deed was duly recorded. Later Mrs. Arnold became Mrs.…