Sharpe v. Landowners Oil Assn.

Mr. Judge GERMAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This suit was instituted by plaintiff in error, Ben H. Sharpe, against defendant in error, Landowners Oil Association, a corporation, to cancel an oil, gas and mineral lease on lands in Lamar County. A judgment in favor of plaintiff in error in the trial court was reversed and rendered by the Court of Civil Appeals. 61 S. W. (2d) 155.

The lease in question was executed by E. R. Stubblefield and wife, S. T. Stubblefield, to Landowners Oil Association January 1, 1930, and covered two tracts of land; one of 75 acres and…