BERGENDAHL v. BLANCO OIL COMPANY

No. 4282.

440 S.W.2d 81 (1969)

Sue Whatley BERGENDAHL, Appellant, v. BLANCO OIL COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Clemons, Houston, for appellant.

J. Burleson Smith, San Antonio, W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, George K. Gilbert, Bartlesville, Okl., Legal Dept., Cities Service Oil Co., Wallace G. Malone, Houston, for appellees.


WALTER, Justice.

Sue Whatley Bergendahl, as life tenant, filed suit against the remaindermen, Dan E. Whatley and others, hereinafter referred to as the Whatley heirs, seeking to establish that she was the owner of a life estate in 1/16th of the mineral estate in 9 tracts of land located in Borden and Dawson Counties, and that her interest was subject to the application of the "open mine doctrine." She also sued Blanco Oil Company, Texaco and Cities Service for an...

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