J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. Jeff Chaison Townsite Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson County. Tried below before Hon. W. H. Pope.
1Opinion of the Court
PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.
This is a suit by appellee against ■appellant to recover damages for the alleged failure of appellant to use due diligence in the development of a tract of 5-37/100 acres of oil land belonging to appellee and held by appellant under an oil lease, and for failure to use reasonable care to protect said leased property from drainage by oil wells operated on adjoining tracts of land.
The petition contains two counts. Under the first count damages are claimed for a failure to produce as much as 30,000 barrels of oil per month, from a well known as “Chaison well No. 1,”…
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