Mellette v. Hudstan Oil Corp.

243 S.W.2d 438 (1951)

MELLETTE

v.

HUDSTAN OIL CORP.

No. 4791.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas.

April 25, 1951.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1951.

Second Rehearing Denied August 8, 1951.

Jack W. Frost, Cyrus B. Frost, Jr., Billy C. Frost, Virgil T. Seaberry and Turner & Seaberry, Eastland, Jones, Hardie, Grambling & Howell, El Paso, for appellant.

Hart Johnson, Fort Stockton, Hudson & Tomlin, Pecos, for appellee.

PRICE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Crockett County, Texas, by F. D. Mellette. Mellette, as plaintiff, sued to recover from the Hudstan Oil Corporation,…