Case Name: JINKS et al. v. WHITAKER
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1946-10-16
Citations: 198 S.W.2d 85
Docket Number: No. A-967
Parties: JINKS et al. v. WHITAKER.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 198
Pages: 85–85

Head Matter:
JINKS et al. v. WHITAKER.
No. A-967.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Oct. 16, 1946.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 11, 1946.
Clyde H. Hall, of Longview, for petitioners.
James & Lee and L. L. James, all of Tyler, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The application for writ of error is "Refused, No Reversible Error." Lest the judgments of the trial court and the Court of Civil Appeals be misconstrued, we hold that the "take nothing" judgment of the district court, construed in the light of the pleadings, did not have the effect of vesting title to the surface in .the defendant, respondent here. The Court of Civil Appeals, in modifying and affirming the judgment of the district court, did not pass upon the title to the surface estate.