Duncan v. Scott

BROWN, Justice.

Appellees sued appellants for breach of a contract to drill oil wells on appellees’ land, situated in the nationally known East Texas Oil Field, off-setting oil wells drilled on adjacent tracts, which naturally tended to drain the oil in and under ap-pellees’ lands.

It was alleged and shown that the tract of land was located well within the proven territory and that every well actually drilled on the tract was a commercial producer.

The jury found for appellants as to some of the offset wells and against them as to only one.

The trial court, on the verdict of the jury, and on…