Zavala Land & Water Co. v. Tolbert

This is the second appeal in this case. See 165 S. W. 28. Appellant, about the year 1909, acquired about 100,000 acres of land in Zavala county, Tex., and had 50,000 acres of the same seetionized and surveyed and test wells bored at the corners of the sections for the purpose of ascertaining whether water could be found by sinking wells. Appellant also subdivided each section and placed said lands on the market. On the 17th day of January, 1912, a contract was written and signed in behalf of the appellant by E. C. Hughes, one of its agents, and by the appellee, whereby the appellant bound…