MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. v. KIBBE

No. 12193.

235 S.W.2d 735 (1950)

MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. v. KIBBE et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy C. Ledbetter, Walace Hawkins, Dallas, Royce A. Oxford, Kelley, Looney, McLean & Littleton, and Victor C. Rochelle, all of Edinburg, Chas. E. Thompson, McAllen, for appellant.

Hill, Lochridge & King, Mission, for appellees.


NORVELL, Justice.

By judgment in trespass to try title, plaintiffs, Irvin Kibbe, Frank W. Kibbe, Jr., and Rosalis Kibbe McCroskey, were awarded an undivided one-half interest in two tracts of land in Hidalgo County, Texas. The Magnolia Petroleum Company, one of the defendants below, holds an oil, gas and mineral lease purporting to cover all of the two tracts involved and brings the case here.

Trial was to the court without a jury and detailed findings and...

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