Leach v. Brown

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is the fourth time this cause has-been before us. Our opinion on the first appeal is found in Tex.Civ.App., 251 S.W.2d 553, styled Leach v. Brown et al., opinion dated October 15, 1952, writ refused. In that suit Edmonia Tenberg Leach sought to recover the sum of $4,910.51, alleged to-be due her as royalty under the provisions, of an oil, gas and mineral lease executed by her on July 10, 1944, covering a one-half interest in 177 acres of land, a part of' the James Johnson Survey in Karnes County, Texas. She further alleged that her interest in the 177 acres, known…