Shell Oil Co., Inc. v. Howth

C. W. Howth filed this suit against the Shell Petroleum Corporation, now by change of name Shell Oil Company, Inc., and others, for cancellation of a mineral lease, and for actual and exemplary damages arising out of the assertion of an adverse claim to mineral land. Some of the defendants filed a cross action. Based upon the answers to the special issues submitted to the jury, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of C. W. Howth against the Shell Petroleum Corporation, Ford Clevenger, O. H. Noland, and C. 0. Wier, jointly and severally, for the following items; attorney’s fees,…