McCallen v. Mogul Producing & Refining Co.

GRATES. J.

This litigation began with the suit of H. McCallen against the Crescent Oil Refining Association, alleged to bo operating under a declaration of trust, with its princi-I>al place of business in Houston, Tex., declaring upon a debt for some pipe and personal services aggregating about $2,200 claimed to have been furnished the association by him. He charged that the association owned 20 acres of land near the San Jacinto battlefield, in Harris county, upon which it had attempted to build an oil refinery, and that his material had been used in the construction thereof, by reason of…