Lee v. Perkins

ODOM, Justice.

Plaintiffs brought suit against the defendant on August 19, 1936, to cancel an oil, gas, and mineral lease, and a mineral deed, executed in their names in favor of defendant by one claiming to be their agent but who was alleged to have had no such authority. Subsequently, in a supplemental petition, plaintiffs alleged that the defendant, Perkins, to whom the lease had been granted, had assigned it to a third person for a consideration of $1200, and they prayed for judgment against defendant for the said amount.

The case was tried on February 19, 1937, and judgment was rendered…