Legal Opinion
Winn v. Warner
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 19, 1943No. 11298PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAY, Justice.
This suit was instituted by the appellee, Thor Warner, against appellant Wm. H. Winn, seeking to recover actual and exemplary damages, allegedly resulting from the filing of an affidavit by appellant, Winn, for record in Zapata County, slandering the title to a certain oil and gas lease located in Zapata County, consisting of 41.66 acres of land, and known as share 4 of the Lopena Gas Field.
Appellee alleged that he was the owner of an oil and gas lease on said share 4 which would expire unless drilling operations were begun by June 30, 1940. The affidavit was filed on January…
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