Hoover v. General Crude Oil Co.

This is an action instituted by petitioners against respondent for a declaratory judgment under Article 2523-1, Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, to determine the validity of an oil and gas lease executed by the substituted trustees under the will of Thomas E. Davis to John S. Hoover. At the close of petitioners’ evidence the respondent’s motion for an instructed verdict was granted, the jury discharged, and judgment rendered that all relief sought by petitioners be denied. The Court of Civil Appeals, one justice dissenting, affirmed the trial court’s judgment. 206 S. W. (2d) 139. In view of…