Texas Gulf Producing Co. v. Griffith

218 Miss. 109 (1953)

65 So.2d 447

34 Adv. S. 184

TEXAS GULF PRODUCING CO.

v.

GRIFFITH, et al.

No. 38712.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 8, 1953.

Bernard W. Chill, Bonner R. Landman and William H. Gordon, Jackson, for appellant.

Robert G. Livingston, Prentiss, and Hall & Callender, Columbia, for appellees, B.C. Griffith and Roy E. Watson.

Garner W. Green and Garner W. Green, Jr., Jackson, for appellee, Mrs. Geraldine B. Martin.

ORIGINAL OPINION

HOLMES, J.

On November 16, 1939, Estella Magee and her husband, Houston Magee, executed to J.E. Thrift, Jr. an oil, gas, and mineral lease on land in Jefferson…