Chapman v. Ellis
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Navarro County; Hawkins Scarborough, Judge. Suit by Mrs. G. M. Ellis and others against R. S. Chapman and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Quinn, J.
This suit was brought March 4, 1922, by appellees against appellants to cancel an oil and gas lease. Plaintiffs pleaded forfeiture and abandonment. Defendants denied that either existed. The ease was tried before the court without a jury and judgment rendered in favor of plaintiffs, hence this appeal.
The lease contract in question was executed by Mrs. G. M. Ellis to A. R. Lewis on February 15, 1919, who assigned same to R. S. Chapman. The portions of said lease material to a determination of the questions here presented are:(1) “That we, Mrs. G. M. Ellis and T. E. Lewis of Navarro County,…
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