Wessely Energy Corp. v. Jennings

SPEARS, Justice.

This suit for an accounting and payment of oil and gas production proceeds involves the application of a repealed coverture statute on title to land. Juanita Jopling Jennings, an alleged successor in interest of Minnie Pearl Orr Rainey, and the collateral heirs of Minnie Pearl Orr Rainey sued Wessely Energy Corporation and others. Jennings and the collateral heirs claimed that Minnie Pearl failed to comply with the now-repealed coverture statute, and thus her interest in certain real estate passed to them. The trial court granted summary judgment for Wessely Energy. The court…