Fox v. Buckingham

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Logan

Reversing.

On the 20th day of December, 1923, the appellee, Claude Buckingham, trustee, was the owner and in the possession of a certain oil and gas lease in Johnson county, known as the “Hen Blanton lease.” On that day he entered into a contract with the appellant, David Fox, which is the subject of controversy in this action. The lease had been the property of the- Castle Petroleum Company, and had been conveyed to Buckingham as trustee for that company. The Castle Petroleum Company had become indebted to five creditors in a sum aggregating $3,762. Some of…