BURFORD v. BURFORD

No. 10306.

277 S.W.2d 786 (1955)

L. I. BURFORD, Appellant, v. W. D. BURFORD et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill D. Hudson, Pecos, Garland Casebier, Fort Stockton, for appellant.

Bradbury, Tippen & Brown, Abilene, for appellee.


GRAY, Justice.

Appellant sued appellees to establish his title to an equal undivided one fourth mineral interest in lands in Runnels and Taylor Counties. He alleged that appellees hold the record title to such lands and by virtue of a parol agreement the equal undivided one fourth mineral interest is held in trust for him.

Appellant's claim to the mineral interest sued for is founded on the following facts: D. L. Burford died intestate in 1922, possessed of...

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