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THE TEXAS CO. v. STATE

No. 12585.

267 S.W.2d 456 (1954)

THE TEXAS CO. et al. v. STATE.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Loose, Houston, Black & Stayton, Austin, for appellant, The Texas Co.

Joseph W. Moore, Houston, E. G. Lloyd, Jr., Jacob S. Floyd, Alice, for appellant, Duval County Ranch Co.

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Phillip Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Peace and Charles D. Mathews, Sp. Assts. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

POPE, Justice.

This case concerns the validity of an instrument executed by a surface owner, as tested against the owner's agency powers under the Relinquishment Act. Acts 36th Leg. 2d C.S., Ch. 81, pp. 249-254, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 5367 et seq.

The State of Texas instituted this suit against The Texas Company and the Duval Ranch Company, and asked for title to and possession of the minerals in four thousand acres of land, for the cancellation of a mineral...

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