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EXXON CORP. v. MIDDLETON

No. B-7979.

613 S.W.2d 240 (1981)

EXXON CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. Triphene MIDDLETON et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Botts, Frank G. Harmon, Walter B. Morgan and Louis Bagwell, Houston, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, John G. Tucker, Beaumont, Herf M. Weinert and Julius L. Lybrand, Dallas, for petitioners.

Bracewell & Patterson, William Key Wilde and Charles G. King, Houston, for respondents.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

CAMPBELL, Justice.

Our opinion and judgment dated October 1, 1980, are withdrawn and set aside.

Exxon Corporation, formerly Humble Oil and Refining Company, (Exxon) secured three oil and gas leases from A. D. Middleton in 1933 and 1934 and one lease from members of the White family in 1935. Sun Oil Company of Delaware (Sun) obtained two oil and gas leases from A. D. Middleton and others in 1940, and 1941, one lease from R...

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