CHAPAPAS v. DELHI-TAYLOR OIL CORP.

No. 13420.

323 S.W.2d 64 (1959)

George CHAPAPAS, Appellant, v. DELHI-TAYLOR OIL CORPORATION and Mayfair Minerals, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. York, McAllen, for appellant.

Turner, White, Atwood, McLane & Francis, Dallas, Stafford, Atlas & Spilman, McAllen, for appellee.


POPE, Justice.

This case concerns the rights and duties between an oil and gas lessee and a surface lessee. Appellant, George Chapapas, sued appellees, Delhi-Taylor Oil Corporation and Mayfair Minerals, Inc., for damages for breach of their oral agreement to pay damages to Chapapas for his forbearance in irrigating lands which would flood a proposed drill site for a gas well. Chapapas relied solely upon the oral agreement...

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