Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Perkins

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 21, 1953No. 6356PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NORTHCUTT, Justice.

This was a suit brought by J. J. Perkins and wife, Nellie Perkins, and Russell Perkins as plaintiffs complaining of Fred W. Shield, L. E. Mitchell, and Bert Wade as defendants. Wade, having filed a disclaimer, was not considered further and neither was Russell Perkins as he was only an agricultural tenant. Plaintiffs brought this action for title and possession of the mineral estate with writ of restitution and possession, or for his damages, or that the court require the defendants to commence drilling of other wells and for such other relief to which they may show…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Cannon v. HemphillTexas Supreme Court · 1851
  2. Grant v. Phoenix Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Hargrove v. Insurance Investment Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Zappettini v. BucklesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
  5. White v. MitchellTexas Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Perkins v. MitchellTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Coats v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1957
  3. Mary Ellen Francis Vernon and Husband, H. J. Vernon v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  4. Burnett v. R. Lacy, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1956
  5. Mary Ellen Francis Vernon and Husband, H. J. Vernon v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959

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