PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORP. v. TEXAS PAC. C. & O. CO.

No. 5411.

340 S.W.2d 548 (1960)

PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION et al., Appellants, v. TEXAS PACIFIC COAL AND OIL COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Storey, Armstrong & Steger and Robert M. Martin, Jr., Dallas, for appellants Sabine Royalty Corporation.

Brundidge, Fountain, Elliott & Bateman, Dallas, and Rutledge & Rutledge, Abilene, for appellants James O. Fox, Jr., et al.

Turner, Rodgers, Winn, Scurlock & Terry and Lon Sailers, Dallas, J. K. Smith, Fort Worth, and L. A. Thompson, Tulsa, Okl., of counsel, for appellants Pan American Petroleum Corporation et al.

Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy & Laughlin, Warren D. Barton, R. M. Thornton, Richard S. Brooks, Charles L. Klapproth, Durward M. Goolsby, Midland, Hudson, Keltner, Jordan & Cunningham, H. S. Livingstone, Fort Worth, Hassell & Hassell, Marvin J. Wise, Archie D. Kroney, William A. Rembert, Jr., J. Edwin Fleming, William F. Billings, Ernest S. Goens, Dallas, H. D. Stimson, Royce City, Carl Runge, Hardeman, Smith & Foy, San Angelo, Dan M. Welch, Oklahoma City, Okl., Neal Powers, Jr., Houston, and Smith & Smith, Tyler, for appellees.


LANGDON, Chief Justice.

Appellees, Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, Humble Oil & Refining Company, and Magnolia Refining Company, as plaintiffs in the trial court, brought this suit in the District Court of Upton County to determine the mineral ownership of certain lands in Upton County, Texas. Plaintiff-appellees alleged that some 80 or 85 parties claimed an interest in the minerals and that Pan American Petroleum Corporation claimed to own certain oil and...

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