Legal Opinion

McGeorge v. Van Meter

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 10, 1961No. 16257PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Judgment of the trial court was rendered for plaintiffs, Ruth Van Meter, et vir, ét al., in a suit for trespass to try title against Mary E. McGeorge. From the judgment the defendant appealed.

Judgment affirmed.

The controversy involves an undivided one-half of the minerals underlying a certain tract of land in Wise County, Texas. For our purposes we may assume that appellant stands vested with the surface of the premises, and with the one-half of the minerals not in controversy. She succeeded to this property by inheritance from her husband, Arthur McGeorge, who had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Winters v. SloverTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Platte v. Securities Inv. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1932
  3. Woldert v. Skelly Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1947
  4. Countiss v. BaldwinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  5. Fogle v. CoxseyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Martha N. Hill and Gary Hill v. Winnon Earl Sword, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2015

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