Stanley v. Blair

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought first in the city court of Wichita, by W. H. Stanley and J. W. McOscar against H. H. Blair and The Texas Company, to recover $800 alleged to have been advanced by plaintiffs to landowners as rentals on oil and gas *470leases which plaintiffs allege were sold to and agreed to be paid for by Blair, when the purchase of the leases was made by him, and it is claimed that The Texas Company became liable therefor when the lands were subsequently sold by Blair to The Texas Company. In the city court a demurrer was sustained…