Cherokee Water Co. v. Forderhause

GRANT, Justice.

Cherokee Water Company appeals from an adverse judgment in which Forder-hause, et al prevailed in a jury trial by obtaining reformation of an option clause contained in a deed. This cause was severed from an original suit for which the opinion is found in 623 S.W.2d 435 (Tex.Civ.App.—Texarkana 1981), and the reversal by the Texas Supreme Court is found in 641 S.W.2d 522 (Tex.1982).

In the original suit, the Supreme Court determined that the language of the deed was not ambiguous and that an oil and gas lease was within the scope of the language providing for a preferential right…