Gilmore v. O'Neil
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Chas. E. Ashe, Judge. Action by G. B. Gilmore and others against John O’Neil and others. From a judgment in favor of defendant O’Neil for the land in controversy and for the proceeds of certain oil in the hands of a bailee, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
1 Writ of error denied by Supreme Court. The action was instituted by G. E. Gilmore, W. H. Nicholson, D. R. Beatty, and J. R. Cheek against John O'Neil in trespass to try title for a tract of 66 feet by 208 feet (about one-third of an acre upon which an oil well was procured by O'Neil), a part of what was known as the "James Jones 50-acre tract in Harris county," originally owned by James Jones, the common source of title; it having been community property of himself and wife, Lucy. There were interventions, one by the Guffey Petroleum Company and the other by heirs of James Jones. The…
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