Legal Opinion
Riddle v. Lanier
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 1, 1941No. 7544PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Judge German
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.
C. C. Lanier as plaintiff sued A. J. Riddle as defendant in the District Court of Cooke County for damages growing out of breach of a contract to drill a test oil well. The parties will be designated as in the trial court.
It appears that prior to May 31, 1935, plaintiff assembled a block of oil leases on some 3,000 acres of land in Cooke County, the block being made up of numerous leases by various land owners. None of these leases are in the record, and we are left entirely without information as to the rights and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Artwein v. LinkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1921
- Golston v. BartlettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Fain-McGaha Oil Corp. v. OwensTexas Supreme Court · 1938
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Copenhaver v. BerrymanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
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