Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. McLean

In this case appellee recov-* ered a judgment against appellant for the sum of $19,850.50 for slander of title.

Appellee alleged that he owned a ½ interest in an oil lease of 25 acres of land in Liberty county, which he had contracted to sell to the Gulf Production Company for $750 per acre, reserving a ¾ royalty interest, and that he lost his trade because of the wrongful, willful, and malicious acts of appellant in slandering his title, in that appellant wrote a letter to the Gulf Production Company on the 5th day of June, 1920, claiming to be the owner and holder of appellee’s interest in…