Dumas v. Easley

Appellants have appealed from an adverse judgment in the district court of Comanche county concerning an oil and gas lease. Their brief contains seven specifications of error below, but, pretermitting any discussion or consideration of the sufficiency of the several complaints as assignments of error, the one question presented is: Did the trial court abuse his judicial discretion in refusing the defendants a new trial?

The petition of plaintiffs alleged: The ownership of the land in controversy in R. B. Easley, Jr., and wife, who occupied the premises as a homestead. That on May 14, 1918,…