Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Mulligan

PITTS, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Lon A. Mullican, sued appellant, Humble Oil & Refining Company, for the cancellation and termination of an oil, gas, and mineral lease contract and for the removal of the cloud upon the title to a section of land located in Lubbock County, Texas.

On January 27, 1944, appellee leased the land to G. B. Hallmark by using the usual “Producer’s 88 Revised — Texas” printed form prepared by lessee for a term of ten years, for a consideration therein expressed, and provided for the payment of an annual rental after the first year to keep the lease contract in force if…