McLean v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This suit was brought by appellant, Marrs McLean, for the recovery from ap-pellee, Stanolind Oil & Gas Company, of $27,337.03, alleged to be due him by ap-pellee, as a part of the consideration for the purchase of certain mineral interests in lands in Galveston County conveyed by appellant to Yount-Lee Oil Company under a contract which provided for the payment of a part of the consideration therefor from one-eighth of the gross amount of oil which might be produced from the lands covered by the conveyance. Appellee, the assignee of Yount-Lee Oil Company, withheld the…