Petroleum Anchor Equipment, Inc. v. Tyra

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

The only question presented by the appeal in this case as it reaches this court is one of indispensable parties. The court of civil appeals on its own motion reversed a trial court judgment adverse to petitioner, Petroleum Anchor Equipment, Inc., and remanded the cause to the trial court because one Luther S. Fite was not a party to the suit. 392 S.W.2d 873. We reverse the judgment of the court of civil appeals and remand the cause to that court.

Petroleum Anchor Equipment, Inc., was the owner of an application for letters patent to an invented device used in anchoring…