Mecom v. Hamblen

CULVER, Justice.

Respondent, Plamblen, sued petitioner, Mecom, and Placid Oil Company for $11,-690.35, claimed to be the balance of the purchase price for an oil and gas lease assigned by Hamblen to Mecom, and by Me-com to Placid. A. D. Hawkins and J. H. Byerly each as cross-plaintiffs plead for one-third of the amount claimed by Plam-blen.

The trial court, without the intervention of a jury, at the conclusion of petitioner’s case granted defendant’s motion on all points and entered a take-nothing judgment against the three parties plaintiff.

The Court of Civil Appeals has reversed and rendered…