Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Kishi

Appellee sued appellant in the district court of Orange county, alleging that he had suffered certain damages by reason of a trespass committed by appellant upon an undivided three-fourths interest in 50 acres of land in the Orange oil field. He pleaded that he owned this interest, that appellant owned the remaining one-fourth interest, and that appellant went upon, the land denying appellee’s right of entry, ousting ap-pellee, and causing him great damages. We-quote as follows from appellee’s petition;

“That at the time the defendant so took possession of said property and ousted plaintiff…