TEXAS CO. v. TAYLOR

No. 13050.

186 F.2d 370 (1950)

TEXAS CO. v. TAYLOR.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied March 9, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Loose, Houston, Tex., William N. Sands, Fort Worth, Tex., for appellant.

Leslie Humphrey, Wichita Falls, Tex., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, McCORD, and BORAH, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The pleadings in this case are long and complicated, but, like the district court, we deem one issue determinative of the whole controversy, and shall confine our opinion to that issue, which depends upon the correct construction of paragraph 7-a of an oil and gas lease upon 2000 acres of land in Texas.

It is admitted by the parties that appellant is the present title holder of record of said lease in so far as it covers the land in...

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