Renwar Oil Corporation v. Lancaster

The only question presented in this appeal from a trial court’s order sustaining a plea of privilege is whether this is a suit for the recovery of land within the meaning of subdivision 14 of Art. 1995, V.A.C.S. We hold that it is. The parties will be identified as in the trial court where E. L. Lancaster and Mrs. Vesta P. Gamble, independent executrix of the estate of G. A. Gamble, were plaintiffs and Renwar Oil Corporation was defendant.

To determine the true nature of this suit, we must look first to plaintiffs’ pleading and the relief they seek. The two plaintiffs allege that together they…