Reserve Petroleum Co. v. Harp

LUMPKIN, Justice.

On November 19, 1931, appellees, Earl-ton M. Harp and wife, Beth Pool Harp, signed an employment contract with G. T. Blankenship of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. According to the terms of the contract, Blankenship was employed to sell or pool three-eighths of the oil, gas and mineral rights in and under a .tract of land situated in Hale County, Texas, to Farmers Royalty Holding Company. The property is described as the West one-half of Section 70, Block A-4, Abstract 1304, E. M. Harp Survey. In payment of the three-eighths mineral interest the appellees were to accept interest…