Teat v. Jones

Mr. Presiding Judge HARVEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This suit was brought by Albert Adkisson and D. P. Dean, copartners, against H. H. Coffield, to try title to one-half interest in the mineral estate in an undivided one-eighth interest in a certain tract of 54½ acres of land in Gregg County. They claim title under Lafayette Jones. Coffield, by cross-action, claimed title to the mineral estate through a mineral deed executed by Jones to A. H. Teat, and sought judgment quieting his title. Jones became a party defendant to Coffield’s cross-action. Coffield…