3-C Oil Co. v. Modesta Partnership

EARL W. SMITH, Justice.

This appeal involves complex and competing claims to oil field equipment located on three oil and gas leases known as the E.B. White, G.C. Walker and P.L. Walker leases in Caldwell County. The cause originated on October 18, 1978, when E. Dale Hartley (Hartley) sued 3-C Oil Company, a partnership composed of William A. Cox, Woodson Cox and John Cox (3-C). Hartley claimed title to equipment on the E.B. White and P.L. Walker leases.

3-C, by a series of pleadings and counter-claims, joined, as third-party defendants; Modesta Partnership (Modesta), Palo Pinto Limited…