Legal Opinion
Eaton v. Rutherford
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 13, 1942No. 11158PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAY, Justice.
This suit was prosecuted in the trial court by P. R. Rutherford, as successor of Rutherford Oil Corporation, against Clayton H. Eaton, seeking to recover one-fourth of the cost of reconditioning certain oil wells located in Aransas County.
The trial began to a .jury, but resulted in a judgment based upon a peremptory instruction in favor of Rutherford and the' Moran Corporation of the South in the sum of $5,180.69 and interest, together with a foreclosure of an equitable lien upon the interest of Clayton H. Eaton in the two oil and gas leases fully described in the judgment.…
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