Tide Water Oil Co. v. Bean

LOONEY) Justice.

The purpose of the suit, as revealed by plaintiffs’ petition, was for the partition xof the entire ⅞ mineral, petroleum, etc., interest in, under and upon 8.69 acres of land situated in Rusk County, Texas. Plaintiffs, Angus Wynne a resident of Gregg County, Carlos Bean and wife Mary, residents of the State of Connecticut, alleged that they and the defendants, Tide Water Oil Company, an Oklahoma corporation, and Gordon R. Wynne, a resident of Van Zandt County, Texas, jointly owned the entire interest sought to be partitioned, alleging the fractional interest owned by each, and…