PETER SALPETER ENERGY CO., INC. v. CRYSTAL OIL CO.

No. 948.

524 S.W.2d 383 (1975)

PETER SALPETER ENERGY COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. CRYSTAL OIL COMPANY, d/b/a Crystal Oil and Land Company, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Anderson, Jr., Sorrell, Anderson & Sorrell, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

William H. Keys, Keys, Russell, Watson & Seaman, Corpus Christi, Claude C. Roberts, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, for appellee.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a conversion case with the amount of damages being the only question before us. Crystal Oil Company instituted suit against Peter Salpeter Energy Company, Inc. to enjoin them from removing or disposing of Crystal's oil well equipment located on a non-productive lease, and for the recovery of the reasonable market value of said equipment. A trial was had on the merits before the court without the aid of a jury. The trial...

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