Leonard v. Prater

The defendants in error instituted this suit against the plaintiffs in error, upon whom personal service was had, and against others, two of whom filed disclaimers, and the remainder were served with citation by publication, based upon an alleged express promise to pay $5,000, and also to secure the cañ-cellation, executed by them, of a certain oil and gas léase on 200 acres of land.

The case was tried by the court without the aid of a jury, and a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error for the sum of $5,000, and also for the cancellation of.…