MO5, apparently you don’t understand that anyone can file a deed of any kind or probate on any property anywhere they choose. Not one of those filings grant ownership. If Mr. Martin’s mother owns nothing then whatever is filed is a cloud on someone else’s title. That’s why I commented like I did and why Bob77 made the same comment. But Bob77, executing a lease on a property doesn’t grant title either. Neither does receiving revenue. The last 2 things only indicate that someone thinks that party owns something, nothing more. The Oil Company is only stating their title doesn’t show Mr. Martin’s mother in the chain of title. It is up to him to prove she does.