Cockrell v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company

299 S.W.2d 672 (1956)

Dula Dashiell COCKRELL et al., Petitioners,

v.

TEXAS GULF SULPHUR COMPANY, Respondent.

No. A-5554.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 12, 1956.

Concurring Opinion March 20, 1957.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1957.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, John M. Jamison, Houston, for petitioners.

H. F. Montgomery, H. W. Strickland, Williams, Lee & Kennerly, Houston, for respondent.

GRIFFIN, Justice.

This is a suit by petitioner for an accounting and recovery of royalties payable out of sulphur produced by respondent. The petitioners were plaintiffs in the trial court, and the…