Murphy v. Tribune Oil Corp.

OPINION

JORDAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order temporarily enjoining appellants from interfering with appellees’ access to certain mineral interests in land of which appellants are owners of the surface estate.

We reverse and order the injunction dissolved.

Tribune Oil Corporation and Aminex Corporation, plaintiffs below and hereinafter referred to as “appellees”, filed a petition seeking damages and an injunction against appellants Vincent and Dale Murphy. The Murphys were named both individually and as “Murphy Brothers”. The petition alleged that appellees are the successors in title…