Herod v. Grapeland Joint Account

WILSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs’ action for recovery of a four-fifths undivided interest in oil, gas and other minerals in a 142 acre tract and seeking an accounting, asserted termination of a lease upon cessation of production. Defendants answered that the lease continued to be effective by unitization of the 142 acres with other leased lands. The court sustained appellees’ motion to withdraw the case from the jury and render judgment for them. The appeal requires construction of a contract consisting of an oil and gas lease, a division order agreement, and mineral deeds contemporaneously…