ATCHLEY v. SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY

No. 7351.

482 S.W.2d 883 (1972)

Walter ATCHLEY et al., Appellants, v. The SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pat S. Holloway, Dallas, Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., J. Milton Richardson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellants.

E. E. Shouse, Frederic Johnson, Herbert Varner, Thomas H. Lee, Barrow, Bland & Rehmet, William S. Clarke, Houston, William E. Nicholas, Sinton, Guittard & Henderson, Richard Henderson, Victoria, Warren B. Leach, Jr., Houston, Clayton L. Orn, William H. Holloway, Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Smith, Murray Christian, Herbert W. Varner, R. T. Robberson, David T. Searls, Dave C. McNeill, Jr., Harry M. Reasoner, David T. Harvin, Houston, Morrill & Patton, Beeville, John H. Miller, Jr., John H. Flinn, Dist. Atty., Richard D. Hatch, County Atty., Burnett & Burnett, Sinton, Luther E. Jones, Jr., Corpus Christi, for appellees.


KEITH, Justice.

This is a vacancy case in which the trial court entered a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that no vacancy existed. We review a tremendous record which takes up four drawers of a legal filing cabinet; and, it is obvious that while we must make a lengthy statement from the record, many facets thereof will escape mention.

I. Statement of Case

Walter C. Atchley, plaintiff below, instituted suit in the District...

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