De Lange v. Ogden

SLATTON, Justice.

Appellees, Ogden, Hamill, and Smith, sued appellant, Rodney DeLange, in the district court of Duval county, Tex., for title to and possession of an undivided one-half interest in two oil leases, commonly designated as the Bishop Cattle Company and Moody leases. Said leases covered valuable producing oil lands situated in said county. The value of one-half interest in and to said leases was alleged to be $300,000.

Appellees alleged that they were entitled to the one-half undivided interest in and to said leases in virtue of an oral contract alleged to have been made by Ogden,…