Navarro Oil Co. v. Cross

BROWN, Justice.

It is undisputed that appellee Cross owned the leased lands on February 8, 1928, the day that Cross and wife, for themselves and as agents of the State of Texas, leased the premises to appellant Navarro Oil Company for the production of oil and gas, and that such lease was executed under Article 5367 of Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, and that the lessee paid Cross the sum of $12,-000 as “bonus money” for such lease. No part 'of which was ever paid to the State of Texas.

The lease in all of its terms is the same as the leases involved in the following suits : Duffey v. Cross, Tex.Civ.App.,…