Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. Staley Oil Co.

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by the Staley Oil Company on June 20th, 1938, against the defendant, Rio Bravo Oil Company, to recover ygths of the mineral estate in 120 acres, out of the S. W. ¼⅛ of Survey No. 33, Block No. 7, H. & T. C. Ry. Co. Survey, in Wichita County. There were two cqunts in plaintiff’s petition: the first in the statutory form of trespass to try title; the second was a claim of title by statutes of limitation of 3, 5, 10 and 25 years, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. arts. 5507, 5509, 5510, 5519. With a further plea of laches and stale demand and estoppel, by…