O.'Ferral v. Coolidge

Although this suit was filed on several notes and liens, it has become primarily a controversy between W. J. Coolidge, respondent, and Charles A. O’Ferral, petitioner, as to whether a deed of trust lien held by Coolidge on 1/2 of a 7/8 oil and gas leasehold interest in 106% acres in Montague County shall prevail over a prior unrecorded assignment of 1/4 of that interest to O’Ferral. A trial court judgment for Coolidge was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 225 S. W. 2d, 582.

On February 13, 1947, J. O. Rogers executed to Arp State Bank a deed of trust" on “50% of the 7/8 leasehold…