MIDDLE STATES PETROLEUM CORP. v. MESSENGER

No. 16228.

368 S.W.2d 645 (1963)

MIDDLE STATES PETROLEUM CORP. et al., Appellants, v. John MESSENGER and R. J. Whelan, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe W. Lovelace, Linden, Smead & Harbour, Longview, for appellants.

Baldwin & Baldwin, Scott Baldwin, and John E. Taylor, Marshall, for appellees.


WILLIAMS, Justice.

This appeal, being from a judgment of a District Court of Cass County, Texas, was originally in the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth Supreme Judicial District of Texas at Texarkana but has been transferred to this Court by order of the Supreme Court of Texas.

The suit was filed by Whelan and Messenger against Middle States Petroleum Corp., Midstates Oil Corp., Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., and a large number of royalty owners, in the...

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