ZEIDMAN v. DAVIS

No. 3756.

338 S.W.2d 530 (1960)

Morris B. ZEIDMAN et ux., Appellants, v. Charles A. DAVIS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, M. C. Chiles, Houston, Duckett & Duckett, El Campo, for appellants.

Thomas H. Abell, Charles E. Owens, Wharton, for appellees.


McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment construing a written farm lease between Zeidman, et al., plaintiffs, and Purvis Landry and Chas. A. Davis, Jr., defendants.

The point for determination is whether or not defendant Landry exercised an option in the lease to extend the term thereof for 5 additional years.

The lease under construction was dated 27 August, 1956. Plaintiffs, as owners, leased to Purvis Landry 732.5 acres...

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