Davis v. Jones

JOHNSON, Chief' Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment rendered upon an instructed verdict against appel- lapis, plaintiffs below, in an action of trespass to try title to four acres of land, a part of the Wm. P. Chism survey in Gregg county, and to recover.accumulated oil royalties 'therefrom.

Griffin Davis, deceased in 193S, is the common source of title. Griffin Davis owned 154 acres in the Wm. P. Chism survey. He acquired 129 acres of the 154 acres by deed from A. H. Culver in 1900. The 4-acre tract in dispute was a part of the 129-acre tract. Appellants seek to de-raign title to the 4…