Gulf Oil Corporation v. Shell Oil Company

410 S.W.2d 260 (1966)

GULF OIL CORPORATION et al., Appellants-Appellees,

v.

SHELL OIL COMPANY et al., Appellees-Appellants.

No. 6857.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

October 20, 1966.

Rehearing overruled November 9, 1966.

Ben G. Sewell, Fred A. Lange, Joyce Cox, Claude C. Roberts, W. G. Winters, Jr., Houston, for appellants and appellees.

W. R. Eckhardt, W. R. Choate, Robert L. Bradley, Larry W. Morris, George H. Hagle, Houston, for appellees and appellants.

PARKER, Justice.

Kirby Lumber Corporation, hereinafter called "Kirby", and its lessee, Gulf Oil Company, hereinafter called "Gulf",…