Legal Opinion
Exxon Corp. v. Middleton
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1981No. B-7979PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
CAMPBELL, Justice.
Our opinion and judgment dated October 1, 1980, are withdrawn and set aside.
Exxon Corporation, formerly Humble Oil and Refining Company, (Exxon) secured three oil and gas leases from A. D. Middleton in 1933 and 1934 and one lease from members of the White family in 1935. Sun Oil Company of Delaware (Sun) obtained two oil and gas leases from A. D. Middleton and others in 1940 and 1941, one lease from R. M. White in 1933, one lease from Lily Mae Hamilton and O. B. Hamilton in 1933, and two leases from Felix Jackson and others in 1933 and 1938.
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