Warner v. Venture Petroleum Corp.

Appellant's statement of the nature and result of the case is as follows: "Appellant sued appellee seeking to have a trust imposed upon an undivided one-half interest in certain mineral leaseholds in the Lopeno field, Zapata County, Texas, the gas wells thereon and the proceeds of the sale of gas therefrom, the leaseholds having been assigned by appellant and C. E. Jamison to appellee's predecessor in title (R. B. Morrison); the basis of the alleged trust being an oral agreement to drill a test well for oil to the depth and under the conditions alleged, the consideration to appellant being…