Appling v. Morrison
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Callahan County; W. R. Ely, Judge. Action by Mrs. M. C. Morrison against T. A. Appling and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HARPER, O. J.
Mrs. M. O. Morrison brought this suit against J. R. Jackson, T. T. Eason, and T. A. Appling to cancel a lease and option contract in the usual form of oil leases, upon the ground that the lessee had failed to begin a well within the time fixed and had failed and refused to pay the sum provided for in the contract for extension of time. The answer is a general denial, and specially that the sum of $80 was to be paid on or before July 6, 1919, for an extension of one year in which to drill a well for oil; that the sum was placed in the mail on the Sd day of July, 1919, addressed to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Weiss v. ClabornCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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