Knox v. Long

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This action under plaintiffs’ allegations is to enforce a parol trust. W. C. Knox and Flarryett H. Knox who were married in 1928, located in Longview in the early days of the discovery of the East Texas oil field, and thence until his death on December 6, 1945, resided in and near Longview and Dallas, Texas. During the period the two actively engaged in the oil business, namely, the purchase and sale of minerals and mineral leasehold estates along, with the development of leasehold estates into oil producing properties. At the time of his death the record title of various…