HILLMER v. FARMERS ROYALTY HOLDING CO.

No. 13723.

196 F.2d 124 (1952)

HILLMER et ux. v. FARMERS ROYALTY HOLDING CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 16, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey T. Fleming, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Loyd Benefield, Oklahoma City, Okl., John V. Singleton, Jr., Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before HOLMES, BORAH, and STRUM, Circuit Judges.


STRUM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for defendants in a trespass to try title suit in which plaintiffs, appellants here, seek to cancel two deeds which convey mineral rights beneath 335 acres of land in Colorado County, Texas.

On October 20, 1931, plaintiffs below, who are husband and wife, jointly executed an instrument styled "Contract — Employment for Pooling Royalty," which, though loosely...

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