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GILES v. BASORE

No. 10166.

266 S.W.2d 926 (1954)

GILES et al. v. BASORE et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Jesse P. Luton, Jr., Burnell Waldrep, Asst. Attys. Gen., Wm. J. Merrill, Nelson Jones, Houston, Rex G. Baker, Houston, of counsel, for appellants.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Tarlton Morrow, Houston, Cecil Rotsch, Dan Moody, Austin, for appellees.

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This suit involves the title to certain land in the delta of the Trinity River. The appellants, defendants in the trial court, are the State of Texas, the School Land Board of Texas, and the Humble Oil & Refining Company, holder of oil, gas and mineral leases on a part of the area in controversy. Appellees, plaintiffs in the trial court, claim title under a grant from the State of Coahuila and Texas to Thomas Jefferson Chambers dated September...

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