UNITED HYDRO-CARBONS CO. v. TEXAS PACIFIC COAL & OIL CO.

No. 9176.

111 F.2d 564 (1940)

UNITED HYDRO-CARBONS CO. v. TEXAS PACIFIC COAL & OIL CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 3, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Allen, of Fort Worth, Tex., and Jno. W. Turner, of Eastland, Tex., for appellant.

Wm. K. Hall, of Houston, Tex., and Charles L. Black, of Austin, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, brought this suit at law to recover damages of $1,322,000, for breach of contract. The record is voluminous, occupying 990 pages of the printed transcript, but the material issues may be somewhat briefly stated.

Appellee, hereafter referred to as defendant, has mineral leases covering some 4,400 acres of land in the Ranger Field in Texas. Plaintiff is the owner of a patented process for...

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