Rhoads Drilling Co. v. State

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.. This suit was filed by the officials of Gregg county to recover judgment for taxes alleged to be due against, and to foreclose a tax lien upon the interest of, defendant Rhoads Drilling Company in three tracts of land, a part of the Sabine river bed in Gregg county, known as tract No. 4, tract No. 5, and the east or lower part of tract No. 7, aggregating 203 acres.

The alleged taxable interest in the land is the lease interest granted to Rhoads Drilling Company and Farrell & Co. by the State of Texas, as evidenced by three instruments executed by the Board of Mineral…