Case Name: Della Jinks et al v. Fred Whitaker
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1946-10-16
Citations: 145 Tex. 318
Docket Number: No. A-967
Parties: Della Jinks et al v. Fred Whitaker.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 145
Pages: 318–319

Head Matter:
Della Jinks et al v. Fred Whitaker.
No. A-967.
Decided October 16, 1946.
Rehearing overruled December 11,1946.
(198 S. W., 2d Series, 85.)
Clyde H. Hall, of Longview, for petitioners.
James and 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.
Opinion delivered October 16, 1946.
Rehearing overruled December 11, 1946.