Texas Pac. Coal & Oil Co. v. Harris

This suit was filed by J. C. Harris against the Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company to cancel a lease on certain described land owned by Harris in Stephens county. The lease contains this provision:

“Second party agrees to drill the fourth well drilled in Crystal Palls field on these lands or forfeit contract.”

It was alleged by plaintiff in his original petition that the defendant agreed that the fourth well to be drilled by it in the Crystal Falls field should be drilled on plaintiff’s land, or the contract should be forfeited.

The cause was tried before the court and judgment rendered for…