Compton v. Trico Oil Co.

Appellant, as plaintiff below, brought suit against appellee, Trico Oil Company, for breach of title warranty following an assignment of an oil and gas lease situated in Rusk County, Texas. The issues between the parties were strenuously litigated in the lower court, there having been two trials; the first resulting in judgment for plaintiff Compton on June 18, 1935, in the full amount received by defendant for the lease in question, with interest, as to which a new trial was granted. Upon second trial, judgment was rendered on October 5, 1936, that plaintiff take nothing by reason of his…