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BURKET v. DELAWARE DRILLING CORPORATION

No. 5852.

435 S.W.2d 307 (1968)

Maxwell BURKET et al., Appellants, v. DELAWARE DRILLING CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied December 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Robert Smith, San Antonio, for appellants.

Pat Maloney, J. C. Grossenbacher, Jr., Russell Wine, San Antonio, Murray J. Howze, Monahans, Marion J. Borchers, New Braunfels, Carl Raymond Crites, amicus curiae, San Antonio, for appellees.

OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

This is a suit to determine the ownership of the 6/8ths working interest in a producing oil and gas lease upon a 20-acre tract of land in Loving County, Texas. Trial was to a jury and title was awarded to an intervenor, and the defendants appear as appellants and the intervenor as appellee. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Delaware Drilling Corporation and others instituted the suit in the nature of a trespass...

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