HANCOCK v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 896.

520 S.W.2d 466 (1975)

J. Bruce HANCOCK et al., Appellants, v. TEXACO, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Lowry, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, for appellants.

William S. Clarke, Houston, for appellee.


OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether one of the parties named as lessor can forfeit an oil and gas lease as to his interest only when written notice of lessee's default of a drilling covenant is given by him and some of the others but not all of the parties named as lessor.

J. Bruce Hancock and others sued Texaco, Inc., for a partial forfeiture and cancellation of an oil and gas agreement and to remove could on plaintiffs...

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