Navarro Oil Co. v. Cross

Mr. Judge Brewster

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

This suit arose under Arts. 5367 et seq., R. S., 1925, commonly known as the Relinquishment Act. A general demurrer to plaintiff’s first amended original petition was sustained and the case dismissed when plaintiff refused to amend. The order of the trial court was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals, at Fort Worth. 150 S. W. (2d), 117.

Plaintiff alleged that on February 8, 1928, the defendant Cross executed and delivered to it an oil and gas lease on 160 acres of land in Winkler County, Texas, by which it…