Allison v. Texas Co.

WILLIAMS, Justice.

D. P. Allison married Julia, his second wife, on September 16, 1909. He died August 8, 1914, and she in 1931. Sibyl Allison and a sister, joined by the latter’s husband, the children of above, marriage, were plaintiffs below. In this suit filed August 13, 1940, to recover jointly a 1/7 undivided interest in a 22½ acre tract out of the J. R. Crosby Survey in Gregg County, plaintiffs alleged a trespass to try title action in statutory form, Article 7366, R.C.S., Vernon’s Ann.Civ. Sts. The defendants, Charles B. Johnston, the Texas Company, and Petroleum Corporation of…