Brannon v. Gulf States Energy Corp.

WALTER, Justice.

M. J. Brannon, Jr., and Otis Thompson filed suit against Clara Odessa Martin and Gulf States Energy Corporation seeking to have an oil and gas lease dated November 20, 1973 from Clara Odessa Martin to Mary Linn Elliott, under which plaintiffs are claiming, to be in full force and effect. Patricia A. Elliott and Henry W. Elliott III intervened asserting a ⅛6 overriding royalty under the lease. From a take nothing judgment, the plaintiffs and intervenors have appealed.

Clara Odessa Martin executed an oil and gas lease on 202 acres of land located in Coleman County to Mary Linn…