Biskamp v. Meaders

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Ernest J. Biskamp against Paul L. Meaders, Sr., and Mrs. Lawrence O’Connor (Mary Vivian O’Connor), seeking to recover damages arising from a breach of a contract dated August 25, 1954, whereunder plaintiff agreed to sell to Paul L. Meaders, Sr., five oil and gas leases in Karnes County, Texas, and Paul L. Meaders, Sr., agreed to pay plaintiff the sum of $25,000 for said leases. Plaintiff further agreed to drill an oil well, within a prescribed length of time, to the depth of 4,000 feet on one of the leases involved in the sale.

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