WILKINS v. FECHT

No. 13929.

356 S.W.2d 855 (1962)

R. H. WILKINS, d/b/a Wilkins Drilling Company, Appellant, v. A. Allen FECHT et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perkins, Floyd, Davis & Oden, Lawrence H. Warburton, Jr., Alice, for appellant.

John F. Ryan, Laredo, P. W. Minter, Hebbronville, for appellees.


POPE, Justice.

The question presented is whether defendant Allen Fecht was an "owner of any gas, oil or mineral leasehold interest in land" under the terms of Article 5473, Vernon's Tex.Civ.Stats. The court awarded plaintiff, R. H. Wilkins, a personal judgment for $1,398.50 for work he did on an oil well, but denied his claim for a mechanic's lien. This was a correct decision.

A laborer's lien under Art. 5473 attaches only to that property which is specifically...

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