Danciger Oil & Refining Co. of Texas v. Christian

CODY, Justice.

This suit is one involving the right to recover rentals on a drilling rig, payable in oil production, and was brought by appellee Christian in a district court of Harris county, against the Danciger Oil & Refining Company, Batson Oil Company, and John A. Deering, appellees. The material allegations of plaintiff’s (appellee here) petition are, in substance:

That in October, 1932, an oil, gas, and mineral lease covering 103½ acres in the Donaho league, Hardin county, was acquired by Burt Exploration Company and W. P. Luse, known as the Hooks lease. That the Hooks lease had been…