Branham v. Minear

In an action in trespass to try title, appellee Roy A. Minear, owner of the oil, gas and other mineral rights in four sections of land in Howard County, Texas, sued appellants E. T. Branham, Sam Garth, Jr., and wife Verna Lee Canuteson Garth and C. B. Lawrence, together with numerous other defendants not necessary here to name, owners of the surface rights of said four sections of land and claimants of said mineral interests. By disclaimers, dismissals and failure to appeal, all defendants except those named, were eliminated. The lands involved in this appeal narrows to two tracts: Section…