Little v. Childress

William Little brought this suit against appellees, several in number, alleging that all of appellees, with the exception of Allsman, Bell, Smallwood, and Humble Oil & Refining Company, on or about March 1, 1927, represented to appellant that they were the owners of an oil and gas permit from the state of Texas on a certain 280-aere tract of land, being in the bed of the Pecos river between Pecos and Crockett counties; that subsequently thereto appellant entered into an agreement with the. owners of said permit whereby he agreed to perform such acts as were required by the state of Texas in…