Legal Opinion
Gatewood v. Graves
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 1, 1922No. 9863PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Young County ; H. P. Weldon, Judge. Suit by Elmer Gatewood against J. N. Graves. Prom a judgment for defendant on demurrer, plaintiff appeals'.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
In this cause, plaintiff, appellant here, filed suit against defendant in one count in form of trespass to try title, and then specially pleaded a contract by defendant to execute. to him an assignment of a certain oil and gas lease on the following described 20 acres of land in Young county:
“The east twenty (20) acres of the south fifty-one (51) acres of the north one hundred and two (102) acres of the James Bolton survey in Young county, Texas, abstract No. 12, certificate 1026, located about 1,000 feet west of the Graham Syndicate well, known as the Graham well, or Graham oil well.”
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