Cockerell v. Haynes
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Grimes County; Carl T. Harper, Judge. Action by Charlie Haynes and another against E. Cockerell. From an adverse judgment, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
On the ISth day of July, 1917, Tobe Wiley and appellee, Charlie Haynes, were the owners of 80 acres of land in Grimes county, Tex. Tobe Wiley owned an undivided 50 acres thereof, and Charlie Haynes owned an undivided 30 acres of the same.
On the 2d day of December, 1915, said parties, for a valuable consideration, jointly executed and delivered to E. Cockerell a mineral lease by which they conveyed to Cockerell seven-eighths of the minerals under the soil of said 80 acres for a term of five years and as long thereafter as oil was. produced in paying quantities. This lease was thereafter…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cockerell v. GriffithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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