ELLIS v. SIMMONS

No. 4631.

11 F.2d 596 (1926)

ELLIS et al. v. SIMMONS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 23, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyle Saxon, of Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs in error.

S. P. Sadler, of Dallas, Tex. (Don Welch, of Madill, Okl., and Burgess, Burgess, Sadler, Chrestman & Brundidge, of Dallas, Tex., on the brief), for defendants in error.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This was a suit brought by defendant in error on a bond, as hereafter related. It appears that defendants in error, to wit, John Simmons, N. H. Simmons, Matilda E. Simmons, and Nathaniel Rodden Simmons, were the owners of certain real property in Marshall county, Okl., situated within six miles of proven oil and gas fields. Plaintiffs in error J. T. Ellis and Wood R. Alexander entered into a contract with them, whereby they agreed to prospect...

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