Legal Opinion
Middle States Petroleum Corp. v. Messenger
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 3, 1963No. 16228PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Justice.
This appeal, being from a judgment of a District Court of Cass County, Texas, was originally in the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth Supreme Judicial District of Texas at Texarkana but has been transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court of Texas.
The suit was filed by Whelan and Messenger against Middle States Petroleum Corp., Midstates Oil Corp., Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., and a large number of royalty owners, in the form of trespass to try title seeking to cancel the assignment of a certain oil and gas lease insofar as same covered 108.4 acres out of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Womack v. BerryTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- Permian Oil Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1937
- Clifton v. KoontzTexas Supreme Court · 1959
- Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1939
- Ford v. CulbertsonTexas Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Best Investment Company v. HernandezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- International Insurance Company v. JataineCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
- Zimmerman v. BondCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
- Cinbar Engineering Co. v. Delta Leasing & Investment Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- Edward Turner Davis, Jr. v. Cig Exploration, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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