Hargrave v. Williams

The title to 18 acres only of land in Union county is involved in this appeal. The record com-' prises 608 pages, and appellant’s brief is 379 pages long. Prior to the discovery of oil in its vicinity in 1937, this land was not worth more than $5 per acre, and appellees say it is probably not worth more than that amount now, because this land has been shown to be unproductive for oil. At one time this tract of land had a high speculative value, and it was stipulated that the lease alone sold for $250 per acre, and the money therefor was long ago divided by agreement among the parties to this…