Columbia-Southern Chemical Corp. v. Corpus Christi Shell Co.

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation to obtain a judgment declaring the validity of, and the rights of plaintiff under, a contract for the sale of mudshell, entered into between plaintiff’s predecessor in title, Southern Minerals Corporation (plaintiff’s wholly owned subsidiary), and the Game, Fish & Oyster Commission of Texas (now the Texas Game & Fish Commission) on January 19, 1934. Plaintiff also seeks an injunction to protect its asserted claims.

The three defendants, Corpus Christi Shell Company, Heldenfels Brothers, and General Dredging…