Legal Opinion

Bolin Oil Company v. Staples

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 25, 1973No. 17378PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BREWSTER, Justice.

The trial court rendered judgment denying the plaintiff any recovery against the defendants and the plaintiff has brought this appeal.

The suit was instituted by Bolin Oil Company (a partnership) plaintiff, against M. W. Staples, Staples Oil Company (a corporation) and T. A. Hester, Inc. (a corporation) defendants, to recover under a written operating agreement the defendants’ pro rata part of the expense of drilling an oil well in Wilbarger County on a lease owned by the parties jointly.

In the defendants’ trial pleading they answered that the plaintiff had breached…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Producers Chemical Company v. McKayTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Mason v. PetersonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  3. Kirk v. HeadTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Henry v. Publix Theatres Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1930
  5. Hanks v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway CompanyTexas Supreme Court · 1959

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Honeycutt v. Billingsley, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1999
  2. Bristol-Myers Co. v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  3. Mendoza v. VaronCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Borak v. BridgeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  5. Callon Petroleum Company v. Big Chief Drilling Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. William R. Stanley, Defendant-Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977

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