Union Producing Company v. Allen

R. L. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in the County Court of Angelina County in a suit brought by Alton Allen and his wife, appellees, against Union Producing Company, appellant, for damages to their land.

The petition of appellees, plaintiffs in the trial court, in its entirety reads as follows :

“Now comes Alton and wife Flora Bell Allen, hereinafter called plaintiffs complaining of Union Producing Company, hereinafter called defendant and for cause of action and grounds for complaint would show the court as follows:

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“Plaintiffs are the owners in fee simple of the…