Colby v. Sun Oil Company

HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Chambers County by appellant. The suit was in trespass to try title to recover an undivided five-eighths interest in and to the minerals under Section 117 of the H. T. & B. Ry. Co. Survey in Chambers County, Texas, and, in the alternative, for judgment determining that a certain oil, gas and mineral lease covering such land had expired and terminated by virtue of the occurrence of the special limitation upon which the leasehold estate was granted. Defendants in the trial court were Sun Oil Company and Pan American…