Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Kibbe

NORVELL, Justice.

By judgment in trespass to try title, plaintiffs, Irvin Kibbe, Frank W. Kibbe, Jr., and Rosalis Kibbe McCroskey, were awarded an undivided one-half interest in two tracts of land in Hidalgo County, Texas. The Magnolia Petroleum Company, one of the defendants below, holds an oil, gas and mineral lease purporting to cover all of the two tracts involved and brings the case here.

Trial was to the court without a jury and detailed findings and conclusions olf law were filed. In his findings and conclusions a number of theories supporting the judgment were advanced. It is not,…