MARUT v. COLLIER

No. B1910.

583 S.W.2d 682 (1979)

Katie Bofysil MARUT et al., Appellants, v. J. Fuller COLLIER et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brantly Harris, Prappas, Moncure, Harris & Termini, Houston, Norman Scott Thrash, Thrash, Williams & Dozier, Alvin, for appellants.

Preston Shirley, John Eckel, Mills, Shirley, McMicken & Eckel, Galveston, Sam Dawkins, Jr., Eastham & Meyer, Thomas H. Lee, Foreman, Dyess, Prewett, Rosenberg & Henderson, W. B. Wagner, R. W. Dye, Gail Eutsler, Houston, for appellees.

Before J. CURTISS BROWN, C. J., and CIRE and COULSON, JJ.


J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This was a suit in trespass to try title to determine the ownership of a certain three-fourths mineral interest in a tract of land referred to as Lot 25. The jury found in favor of the plaintiffs in answering special issues, but the trial judge granted the motions for judgment non obstante veredicto filed by the defendants.

The events giving rise to the current controversy began in the mid-1940's and center around four men...

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