Douglass v. Texas-Canadian Oil Corp.

Mr. Judge Brewster,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

Petitioners, M. M. Douglass and Jas. D. O’Connor^ sued respondent, Texas-Canadian Oil Corporation, for actual and exemplary damages for. its alleged breach of an agreement to pay them $1,855.00, for an oil, gas and mineral lease on certain land in Wood County. Respondent filed a number of exceptions to their petition on the ground that the contract was in violation of the statute of Frauds, subdiv. 4, Art. 3995, R. S. 1925. The trial court sustained the exceptions and dismissed the case after petitioners…