Robinson Drilling Co. v. Moses

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is a damage suit brought by O. C. Moses against Robinson Drilling Company, a corporation. It was alleged 'by Moses that he had rented the east one-half of Section 147, Block 97, H. & T. C. Ry. Co. Survey in Scurry County, Texas, for farming purposes and that an oil and gas lease held by the drilling company was subsequent and subject to his rental contract; that on or about November 1, 1951, after he had made, but before he gathered his cotton crop, the Robinson Drilling Company entered upon the land and into his cotton field and began drilling operations for two oil…