Legal Opinion
Tennison v. Donigan
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided February 1, 1922No. 275-3509PublishedCited by 21 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Eighth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Mrs. N. N. Tennison and others against Dr. P. M. Donigan and others. Judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals, which dismissed the case (220 S. W. 362), and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
For an accurate statement of the nature of this case, we quote as follows from the application for writ of error filed herein by plaintiffs in error:
“This suit was instituted in the district court of Erath county by plaintiffs in error for specific performance of a certain option or agreement under which defendants in error obligated themselves to lease to plaintiffs in error certain lands in Erath county for oil and gas purposes. There was a trial before a jury on special issues, and, on .motion of defendants in error, a judgment was entered by the trial court from which plaintiffs in error…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Trammell v. RosenTexas Supreme Court · 1913
- Frank v. TatumTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Rackley v. FowlkesTexas Supreme Court · 1896
- Bomar v. WestTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- McKenzie v. WithersTexas Supreme Court · 1918
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- De Zavala v. ScanlanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Southern Pac. Co. v. UlmerTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
- Snell v. KnowlesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
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