Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Wood

The report of the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals in this case is to be found in 277 S. W. 152. There was a majority and minority opinion rendered, and the facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the majority of the court. Therefore, only a part of the record will he stated in this opinion. The defendant in error, L. J. Wood, was the owner of an oil lease on three blocks of land, each containing five acres, in what is known as the Powell oil field, in Navarro county, while the plaintiffs in error were the owners in fee simple of the land covered by the lease. The suit was…