General Crude Oil Co. v. Harris

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

John W. Harris and wife, plaintiffs in the trial court, owned a tract of land located in the extreme east edge of t'he East Texas oil field, in Rusk county. On November 20, 1929, they executed to V. C. Perryman an oil and gas lease covering the land. A part of the consideration was $1 per acre bonus. Mr. Harris thought the tract of land contained 372½ acres, and was paid $372.50 cash bonus. The lease described the tract of land by references to corners and lines of surrounding tracts of land, and recited that it contained 372½ acres, more or less. About October 17,…