Texas Conservative Oil Co. v. Jolly

• SUTTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the District Court of Nueces County. The suit is by D. N. Jolly (appellee here, plaintiff below) against Texas Conservative Oil Company (appellant here, defendant below) on an oral contract to establish an alleged interest of ⅜2⅛ of the oil as produced and marketed from the %ths working interest in certain leases described in the petition until he had received $75 per acre. The trial was to a jury, and on the verdict judgment was rendered by the court for the plaintiff. The defendant in due time filed its motion for a new trial, and, the same having…