Pickrell v. Imperial Petroleum Co.

Appellants, Pickrell and Krupp, brought this suit against appellee Imperial Petroleum Company to recover damages for deceit in the sale by the Petroleum Company to the plaintiffs of an undivided seven-sixteenths interest in and to a certain oil and gas lease on five acres of land in Wichita county, Tex. There were two oil-producing wells on the land at the time of the contract for sale, and the basis of the suit was alleged false representations made as to the condition and producing capacity of these wells. The jury found that certain false representations as to the condition of the wells…