ALLEN v. BYRD

No. 7037.

314 S.W.2d 134 (1958)

Willie Haynes ALLEN et al., Appellants, v. D. L. BYRD, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

May 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. F. Burke, Longview, Charles F. Wellborn, Gladewater, for appellants.

Smith & Porter, Longview, for appellee.


FANNING, Justice.

Willie Haynes Allen and husband, Addison Allen, Helen Pierce, a widow, and Marcus Haynes and wife, Mary Haynes, brought suit against D. L. Byrd to cancel a written five-year surface lease (containing three five-year options) executed by Marcus Haynes and wife, dated May 17, 1956, purportedly covering a tract of land in Gregg County, Texas. The grounds urged for the cancellation were briefly in essence...

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