Legal Opinion

States Oil Corp. v. Ward

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided January 11, 1922No. 284-3531PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by E. J. Ward and others against the States Oil Corporation and others. A judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (223 S. W. 250), and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtRandolph, J.

This suit was filed by E. J. Ward and others, who will hereinafter be called plaintiffs, against States Oil Corporation arid others, who will be hereinafter referred to as the Oil Company or defendants. The plaintiffs, who had conflicting interests, agreeing to sue jointly and to settle their differences in other litigation, sought to cancel certain reservations in a deed from the Central Texas Mining, Manufacturing & Land Company, to M. B. Owens, or, in the alternative, that the reservations in said deed be held to not include within its meaning petroleum oil, and for judgment removing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Texas Company v. W.H. DaughertyTexas Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Lodwick Lumber Co. v. TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1906
  3. States Oil Corporation v. WardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Hager v. StakesTexas Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Radke v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
  3. Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. McEntireTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  4. Federal Royalty Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  5. Rio Bravo Oil Co. v. McEntireTexas Commission of Appeals · 1936

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