Guaranty Securities Corp. v. Marshall

CODY, Justice.

Defendant in error, A. B. Marshall, who will hereafter be called plaintiff, brought this suit to recover from plaintiffs in error, who will hereafter be called defendants, general and special damages for breach of the written contract hereinafter set forth..

It appears from the evidence that plaintiff, an oil-well driller, obtained an oil and-gas lease from the Eugene L. Bender Estate on certain land near Humble, in Harris County, Texas, on August 10, 1936. Such lease required that a well be commenced within 60 days, and thereafter the commencement of another well within 60 days…