Dixon Management Corp. v. Montfort

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

M. H. Montfort et al., who reside in Young County, sued Dixon Management *739Corporation, a resident of Harris County, in Stephens County to have construed the provisions of a written contract and a written supplement thereto relative to the right to operate an oil lease in Stephens County. The original contract provided that plaintiffs and defendants owned an oil lease in Stephens County and desired that it should be developed and operated in conformity with the terms of said lease and “this instrument” ; that the “operator” should manage the lease and properties and have…