Johnson v. Russell
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Erath County ; J. B. Keith, Judge. Suit by W. E. Russell and wife against B. J. Johnson and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the named defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
W. E. Russell and wife filed suit in the district court of Erath county against B. J. Johnson, B. S. Millher, and A. M. Burden to cancel a certain oil and gas lease executed by Russell and wife to B. J. Johnson July 26,1918. Plaintiffs alleged that at the time said lease was given the defendant Johnson represented to the plaintiff W. E. Russell that he was going to drill a well on a block of leased land, of which plaintiffs’ property would be a part if he should lease it within 90 days, and would begin the actual drilling of a well for oil and gas within three miles of plaintiffs’ land; that…
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