Hampton Oil Co. v. Standard Oil Co.

KENNERLY, District Judge.

This is a hearing under District Court rule 25 of plaintiff’s motion for new trial. Plaintiff’s suit is in trespass to try title under the Texas statute (title 124, Texas Revised Civil Statutes of 1925), to recover from defendants 160 acres, and, in the alternative, 28 and a fraction acres, of land out of the Ransom House survey in Montgomery county in this district and division, and for damages for oil and gas alleged to have been taken therefrom by defendants or some of them, and for partition. During the trial, the parties agreed that the suit for damages and…