CAMCO OIL CORPORATION v. VANDER LAAN

No. 14973.

220 F.2d 897 (1955)

CAMCO OIL CORPORATION v. T. F. VANDER LAAN, d/b/a Laan-Tex Oil Company.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.R. Irion, Irion, Cain, Bergman & Cocke, Dallas, Tex., Douglas E. Bergman, Dallas, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.

Morris Jaffe, Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before BORAH, RIVES and TUTLE, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court for the Northern District of Texas, in which the trial court, without a jury, found appellant liable to appellee in a third party beneficiary action. The facts are not in dispute.

Under a contract, dated June 26, 1952, Camco Oil Trust agreed to pay appellee the sum of $25,000 for a one-half interest in four oil leases covering land in Gaines County, Texas, and appellee agreed to...

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