State v. Grubstake Inv. Ass'n

GREENWOOD, J..The state of Texas, by the Attorney General, sued the Grubstake Investment Company and others to recover the title to, and possession of, a portion of the bed of the Erio river in the counties of McMullen and Live Oak. A. J. Coyle and the Coyle-Concord Oil Company, as holders of the state’s permit to prospect for oil and gas in the portion of the river bed sued for, adopted the state’s pleadings, becoming co-plaintiffs in the suit. The defendants pleaded a general denial and “not guilty,” besides asking special relief.

The facts disclosed, without dispute, that the coplaintiffs…