Finley v. Hartsook

LEE, Circuit Judge.

This suit involves the validity of a sale of mineral interests in land in Texas by a foreign guardian of a non-resident ward, acting under authority of the probate court of the county in which the land was situated.

In the early spring of 1938 the appellant, a resident and citizen of Missouri, executed several conflicting oil and gas leases and agreements to different parties covering 266 acres of land owned by him in Archer County, Texas. He also disposed of royalty acreage and of oil payments provided for in one of the leases. In August, 1938, he was adjudged of unsound…