Jacobs v. Robinson

JONES, Special Judge.

This suit was instituted by appellant, I. Jacobs, for the purpose of canceling an oil lease and for damages, against appellees Mrs. A. S. Robinson and Will Robinson. After the filing of the original petition on March 7, 1919, appellee Howard Marrs filed a plea of intervention, alleging that he had purchased the lease from the Robinsons. Appellant then filed an amended petition setting up substantially the same cause of action, making the Robinsons and Marrs defendants. The case was tried before a jury on November 17, 1920, and the court gave peremptory instructions…