Martin v. Phillips Petroleum Company

BARRON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Robert H. Martin, from an adverse judgment in *431favor of defendants rendered by the District Court of Harris County on December 10, 1968, after that court had withdrawn the case from the jury. Due to the relative complexity of the history of this litigation the facts will be stated in some detail.

In 1960, George H. Jett, an independent oil operator and drilling contractor, obtained an option exerciseable until January 26, 1961, whereby he could acquire a gas producing plant and gas gathering system in eastern Louisiana and Mississippi. This…