Frost v. Socony Mobil Oil Company

433 S.W.2d 387 (1968)

C. M. FROST et al., Petitioners,

v.

SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY, Inc., et al., Respondents.

No. A-11758.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 17, 1968.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1968.

Dissenting Opinion on Rehearing October 23, 1968.

I. M. Wilford, Houston, Johnson & Dionne, Hart Johnson, Fort Stockton, Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., J. Milton Richardson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for petitioner.

Jack T. Akin, Frank C. Ashby, Bullock & Neely, Maurice R. Bullock, Turpin, Smith, Dyer, Hardie & Harman, Irby L. Dyer, Midland, Lawrence & Lawrence, W. Dewey Lawrence, Tyler, Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy…