North Cent. Texas Oil Co. v. Gulf Refining Co.

This is an action to cancel and avoid a certain oil and gas lease on 40 acres of land in Union parish.

The lease was made by the owner of the land, Murray H. Green, to one F. D. Gully on January 20, 1921. The said Gully assigned all his rights under the lease to the Gulf Refining Company on January 21, 1921.

On August 8, 1923, Green, the owner,, sold to the North Central Texas Oil Company an undivided one-half interest in all the oil and gas in the same land, subject, however, to the lease theretofore made to Gully.

On October 20, 1923, the North Central Tpxas Oií Company assigned to C. C. Clark…