Lang v. Shell Petroleum Corp.

As presented in this Court, this suit involves a claim of the plaintiffs in error, Julia Lang, Joe Cleveland, D. C. Cleveland, Emil Cleveland, John Lang Cleveland, Florence Cleveland, and Lottie Cleveland, to an undivided one-half interest in 400 acrqs of land in Brazoria County, fully described in the pleadings in the district court. The 400-acre tract was leased by the Board for lease of Texas Prison Lands to Shell Petroleum Corporation on March 14, 1934, and such lessee has developed such land so that it was producing oil in paying quantities at the time this suit was filed and tried. As-…