Ralston Oil and Gas Co. v. July Corp.

SMITH, Judge.

Several defendants, including July Corporation (July), appeal a judgment of the trial court quieting title to a certain oil and gas lease in Ralston Oil and Gas Company, (plaintiff) and declaring defendants’ asserted assignment interests relative thereto void and unenforceable.

July argues that: (1) The evidence was insufficient to support the trial court’s findings both of a confidential relationship and of abuse of that relationship; (2) the statute of frauds barred the court’s finding of an oral trust or contract because the lease concerns an interest in land; (3) inadmissible…