Ginther v. Taub

HALL, Justice.

The plaintiffs in this case appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment. We reverse the judgment.

Plaintiffs-appellants Wilbur L. Ginther and Howard C. Warren brought this suit against defendants-appellees Henry J. N. Taub and William A. MacNaughton to establish and recover equitable title to two-thirds, or, alternatively, one-half of Taub’s record interest in a 2716.46-acres oil, gas, and mineral lease in Webb County, Texas, known as the “Alexander lease,” which Taub acquired by assignment from Ginther and Warren; and to secure an accounting and the return of certain other oil…