Texas Co. v. Dunn

The appellee, Mrs. Dunn, brought this suit against the appellant to cancel and set aside a. mineral lease upon 232 acres of land in Callahan county. For a proper consideration of the appeal the substance of the material allegations of the pleadings only need be stated. Plaintiff in her petition alleged that on September 2, 1918, she agreed to lease the land to appellant for $4 per acre and to allow it 20 days from that date in which to examine an abstract of title to the land and pay the consideration; that she signed a lease in accordance with this agreement and drew a draft for the amount…