Stekoll Petroleum Co. v. Hamilton

The District Court rendered summary judgment that plaintiffs Harold H. Hamilton and J. R. Rich, respondents herein, take nothing by their suit against defendant Stekoll Petroleum Company, petitioner in this Court. The Court of Civil Appeals, holding that the contract on which the suit is based sufficiently complies with the statute of frauds and that there are issues of fact to be determined, reversed the judgment of the District Court and remanded the cause. 250 S. W. 2d 645.

The suit is for the recovery of damages for breach of a contract for the conveyance or assignment of the oil and gas…