Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Cox

Henry T. Cox brought this suit against Humble Oil & Refining Company for a declaratory judgment and accompanying equitable relief. He asked the court to void a lease agreement, dated April 13, 1964 (which we will refer to as the “Lease”), between Humble and him. The trial court decreed the Lease “rescinded, cancelled and of no further effect” because it “was procured by overreaching on the part of . . . [Humble’s] agents amounting to constructive fraud and undue influence upon . . . [Cox]”. We have the case on errors assigned by Humble and cross-error assigned by Cox.. The evidence shows…