Mosley v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.

This action was instituted by appellants (who will be styled plaintiffs) to quiet title to an undivided one-half interest in the oil, gas and other minerals in and under 160 acres of land situated in Lea County, New Mexico; and to cancel certain deeds purporting to transfer mineral interests therein to appellees (who will be styled defendants) and their predecessors in title.

The plaintiffs, who held by patent from the United States, pleaded in detail a chain of title from them to the defendants, and alleged that a certain deed purporting to have been executed by them to one Burke, through…