Trammell v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Murder is the offense; the punishment, ninety-nine years in the State penitentiary.

That portion of the vast King Ranch situated in Nueces County is bounded on the south by the waters of the Laguna Madre, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. The other boundary lines, and especially that to the north, are marked by a substantial fence.

The submerged lands of the Laguna Madre are owned by the State of Texas, and, at the time hereinafter mentioned, and long prior thereto, were under lease to an oil company for development of oil and gas. To effectuate this development, it was necessary…