VAN EVERY v. PETERSON

No. 4974.

24 F.2d 26 (1928)

VAN EVERY v. PETERSON et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. B. Hendricks, of Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff in error.

E. C. De Montel and W. H. Sanford, both of Wichita Falls, Tex., for defendants in error.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error, also plaintiff below, brought suit to recover damages of $5,000 for breach of contract growing out of an oil lease, by which he was to receive that amount in oil produced. The petition was dismissed on an exception of no cause of action.

The petition in substance alleges as follows: Plaintiff was the owner of a leasehold estate of 50 acres of land in Wichita county, Texas, and the owner of seven-eighths of the oil...

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