Bell v. Henson

ALEXANDER, Justice.

R. L. Henson, for a consideration of $1,600 in cash, conveyed to Leo Bell an undivided three-fourths interest in the minerals or oil royalties in 54.2 acres of land in Smith county. Pie later brought this suit against Bell to cancel said conveyance and for damages, alleging that he had been induced to execute said conveyance as the result of fraud perpetrated on him by the defendant Bell. 1-Ie alleged in effect that he resided in the state of Kansas and was wholly unfamiliar with oil developments and the value of mineral rights in Smith county where the land in question was…