SAPPHIRE ROYALTY CO. v. DAVENPORT

No. 13070.

306 S.W.2d 202 (1957)

SAPPHIRE ROYALTY COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. H. A. DAVENPORT, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Strong, Baker & Compton, and B. Jeff Crane, Jr., Houston, for appellants.

B. F. Louis and Murray G. Smyth, Houston, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Justice.

The appellee sued appellants, S. Russell Casey, S. R. Casey, Jr., and C. C. Osenbaugh, co-partners doing business as Sapphire Royalty Company, the partnership in its firm name, and H. S. Eddins, and other parties who have not appealed. The suit was to recover salary alleged to be due appellee for services rendered by him as "Production Superintendent" on an oil and gas lease owned by the defendants—(There were two leases but they seem to...

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