Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Biel

NORVELL, Justice.

This is a vacancy case. After a trial to a jury, the district court rendered judgment upon special findings establishing the vacancy and awarding Biel, the plaintiff below, judgment for title and possession of Survey No. 2403, situated in Webb County, Texas. The State of Texas, as in-tervener, was awarded an undivided one-sixteenth interest in and to all the minerals underlying said Survey No. 2403, except sulphur and similar substances, in which the State was awarded a one-eighth interest. Magnolia Petroleum Company, Fannie Trigg Coopwood and others, defendants below and…