Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Singleton

In Orange county, the John Harmon survey lies adjacent to and to the west of International & Great Northern section No. 8. When this suit was filed, appellees L. Singleton and Southern .Land & Lumber Company owned the Harmon survey, and appellants Houston Oil Company of Texas, Southwestern Settlement & Development Company and its trustees, Republic Production Company, and Kirby Lumber Company owned section No. 8. On February 19, 1896, the Harmon survey was owned by J. H. Singleton, under whom appellees hold, and section No. 8 by New York & Texas Land Company, Limited, under whom appellants…