Starke, Guardian v. Guffey Petroleum Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Jefferson County. Mrs. Starke, as guardian, sued the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company and others. Judgment was rendered for defendants on demurrer and was affirmed on appeal by plaintiff, who then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The honorable Court of Civil Appeals made the following statement of the contents of the plaintiff’s petition, which has not been challenged in this court, and we adopt it:
“On August 24, 1892, G. W. Carroll, G. W. OfBrien, Emma E. John, J. F. Lanier and Patillo Higgins were the joint owners of 2700 acres of land in the Yeatch survey in Jefferson County, Texas. The owners believing it to be rich in oil, gas and other minerals, and that its resources could best be developed by a corporation, secured a charter under the general laws of Texas, under the corporate name of…
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