Tide Water Oil Co. v. Hale

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

H. M. Hale and H. W. Hale sued the Tide Water Oil Company and others'in the district court of Rusk county in trespass to try title to two tracts of land out of the John Darley survey in said county; the first tract being .12 of an acre, and the second tract being 2.7 acres. Tide Water Oil Company answered by general denial, a plea of not guilty, and by cross-action against the plaintiffs and three cross-defendants, namely, O. S. Wooley, Yandell Rogers, and Overton Refining Company, for title and possession of the seven-eighths oil and gas leasehold estate covering the…