J.R. Parten v. Ernest H. Cannon

Parten v. Cannon

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-91-106-CV

J. R. PARTEN, ET AL.,

Appellants

v.

ERNEST H. CANNON, ET AL.,

Appellees

From the 278th District Court

Madison County, Texas

Trial Court # 5798

O P I N I O N

The Partens sought a declaratory judgment that an oil and gas lease, executed in 1976 on a 658.62-acre tract of land owned by the Cannons, remained effective past the five-year primary term. The Cannons counterclaimed, alleging that the lease had terminated according to its own terms because the Partens failed to file with the Madison County Clerk a written description of the portions of…