Dunbar Royalty Co. v. Shipp

HALL, Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Rusk County by appellee against Dunbar Royalty Company, G. M. Rowe, and several other persons not parties to this appeal, in which appellee alleged that theretofore he purchased from appellant, Dunbar Royalty Company, an undivided ⅜ mineral interest in and under approximately 142 acres of land located in Rusk County. It was alleged further that the ⅜ interest purchased from Dunbar Royalty Company amounted to 17.32 royalty acres, but in fact Dunbar Royalty Company owned only 5.93 royalty acres in said land; that the title had…