Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. Wing

Wilson D. Wing instituted this suit in 1910 in the district court! of Polk county, Tex., in the ordinary form of trespass to try title against the Houston Oil Company of Texas, Tyler County Lumber Company, and other defendants, to recover East Texas Railroad section No. 16, containing 640 acres of land, situated in Polk and Tyler counties. All the defendants, except Houston Oil Company of Texas and the Tyler County Lumber Company, were dismissed out of the suit, and upon a trial of the case before a jury, which was submitted on special issues, a verdict and judgment was rendered in favor of…