W. E. Pope v. J. D. Powers

Mr. Judge Taylor

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

This is a suit filed by J. D. Powers against W. E. Pope, Theo. T. Priour and wife, Joseph Mireur and Southern Minerals Corporation, to set aside a judgment in a former suit between the same parties, purporting in that suit, as in this, to adjudicate their rights in an oil and gas lease and mineral deed. The court heard the case without the aid of a jury and rendered judgment in favor of Powers as between him and Pope, the principal litigants. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment. 91 S. W. (2d) 873.

In the…