Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. State

This suit was instituted hy appellee against appellant to recover $88,526.69 taxes which it claimed were due by appellant on the mineral estates in twelve separate tracts of land in Navarro county for the year 1923. The cause was tried to a jury, and at the conclusion of the testimony the trial court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of appellee for the amount sued for. Appellant by cross-action made the grantors from whom it had purchased the respective mineral estates parties defendant, and asked for judgment over against each of said grantors on their respective warranties.…