Lewis v. Oates

SUTTON, Justice.

This appeal is from the 112th District Court of Pecos County.

Appellant was plaintiff in the trial court and the parties will be designated here as there. The trial was to the court and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff has a general pleading in trespass to try title wherein he seeks to recover an undivided one-eighth (⅛⅛) interest in the oil and gas in and under a described 640-acre section of land in Pecos County by virtue of a mineral conveyance executed in his favor by the defendant and his wife dated the 25th day…