Doerr-Engel Oil & Supply Co. v. Tide Water Oil Co.

This is a suit brought by plaintiffs to cancel certain notes and to enjoin defendants from foreclosing deeds of trust and a chattel mortgage which were given to secure the notes. Plaintiffs in their petition also asked damages for breach of contract. Defendants filed demurrers to the petition which were sustained. Plaintiffs declined to plead further and judgment was entered, whereupon plaintiffs appealed.

For an understanding of the issues in this case it will be necessary to describe the parties to the suit. From the petition we learn the following: Doerr-Engel Oil Supply Company and Sid's…