Butler v. Exxon Corporation

I concur in the affirmance of the judgment as to the three leases, but I respectfully dissent as to the reversal of the trial Court’s judgment as to the Veterans’ Land Board lease. At the outset, I dissent from the separate consideration of the Veterans’ Land Board lease and the granting of any judgment as to it separate from the other leases. The Appellants, as Plaintiffs in the trial Court, did not seek such relief and they have no points of error on appeal as to that lease alone. The pleadings speak only of “the leases” and the points of error and discussions thereof speak only of “the…