NEWMAN BROS. DRILLING CO. v. STANOLIND OIL & GAS CO.

No. 6632.

296 S.W.2d 567 (1956)

NEWMAN BROTHERS DRILLING COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. STANOLIND OIL & GAS COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cox, Patterson & Smith, San Antonio, Adkins, Folley, McConnell & Hankins, Amarillo, Ratliff, Conner & Walker, Spur, Dawson Bryant, Jayton, for appellants.

Turner, Rodgers, Winn, Scurlock & Terry, Dallas, L. A. Thompson, Warren Sparks and Arthur F. Whitt, Tulsa, Okl., and James K. Smith, Fort Worth, for appellees.


PITTS, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves a controversy over the ownership of an undivided one-half interest in and to the oil, gas and mineral interests in and under 786.33 acres of land in Kent County, Texas. On September 19, 1955, appellants, Newman Brothers Drilling Company, a partnership, composed of William C. Newman and John E. Newman, Blanco Oil Company, a corporation, E. Hayes Sieber, individually and as independent executor of the estate of Helen Corn Sieber...

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