Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Clark

Mr. Presiding Judge HARVEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This suit was brought by Mrs. Margaret Coolidge Clark, joined by her husband, against the Humble Oil & Refining Company and the Gulf Production Company for the cancellation of a certain oil and gas lease, so far as it concerns Mrs. Clark. The grounds alleged for cancellation are (1) that the lease was obtained by fraud; (2) want of consideration moving to Mrs. Clark, and (3) in the alternative, that the lease has terminated by virtue of its terms. The case was tried before a jury, but at the conclusion of…