Henderson v. Hollingsworth

Plaintiff instituted' this suit for the recovery of the purchase price of an assignment of an oil and gas lease covering certain property situated in tlie parish of Red river, this state. The defendants, impleaded in solido, were J. J. Hollingsworth, Mrs. A. A. Hollingsworth, W. R. Hollingsworth, O. W. Hollingsworth, Arnold Hollingsworth, and O. D. Henry.

Plaintiff alleged: That on August 9, 1919, he purchased the assignment of lease in question from C. D. Henry and Arnold Hollingsworth for $38,000, hut that assignors had no interest in said lease, merely acting as intermediaries or dummies at…