BURNETT v. MAR-TEX REALIZATION CORP.

No. 12382.

250 S.W.2d 612 (1952)

BURNETT et al. v. MAR-TEX REALIZATION CORP.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill, Austin, Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Lewright, Dyer, Sorrell & Reoford, Corpus Christi, Robertson, Jackson, Payne, Lancaster & Walker, Dallas, for appellee.


W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by Mar-Tex Realization Corporation (hereinafter called Mar-Tex), against Coy Burnett to compel delivery of an oil and gas lease containing a drilling contract covering a tract of about 130 acres of land, known as Shamrock Island, or Shamrock Point, in Nueces County. While the litigation was pending Burnett drilled oil wells upon the land. Burnett defended upon the ground that the offer to lease had been withdrawn before...

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