Davis v. Gulf Refining Co.

Bill was filed by Willie E. Davis, Jr., and his mother, wife of appellant, naming as defendants the Gulf Refining Company as mineral lessee, certain grantees of mineral interests, and, in anticipation of ultimate partition, the children and heirs of the owner and common title source, D.L. Davis. Appellant was also joined as a defendant, "if living." The purpose of the bill was to establish title in complainants to an undivided one-sixth interest in the lands in question, and cancellation of all instruments executed subsequent to the death of D.L. Davis insofar as they affect the undivided…