Texas Co. v. Sloan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This is an action for specific performance of an oral agreement to execute an oil and gas lease brought against the land owner individually and as guardian for his insane wife. The appeal to this court is from the order of the trial court sustaining defendant’s demurrers to plaintiff’s petition.

The petition as amended alleges in substance that the plaintiff, The Texas Company, a corporation, is duly authorized to do business in the state of Kansas; that the defendant Charles Sloan is a resident of Morton County, Kansas, and the duly acting…