Legal Opinion
Hartman v. Sirgo Operating, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided November 3, 1993No. 08-93-00030-CVPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OSBORN, Chief Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment entered in a declaratory judgment suit concerning the validity of a contract for the sale and exchange of certain oil and gas properties in New Mexico. The trial court declared the contract void under the New Mexico Joinder Statute because the wife had not signed the contract. Attorney’s fees were awarded to the Appellees. We affirm.
Facts
Sirgo Brothers, Inc. and Sirgo Operating, Inc. (Sirgo) began negotiating with Doyle Hartman in 1990 for the purchase of his interest in the Myers Langlie-Mattix Unit, an oil producing waterflood…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Massie v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Abor v. BlackTexas Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Kelly Oil Co. Inc. v. Svetlik, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1998
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