CHANDLER v. DRUMMET

No. 16892.

557 S.W.2d 313 (1977)

Cloyce F. CHANDLER, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Paul W. DRUMMET, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1st District, Houston.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sears & Burns, David F. Beale, Sonfield & Sonfield, Houston, for appellants.

Boswell, O'Toole, Davis & Pickering, Donald R. Hallmark, Houston, for appellee Paul W. Drummet.

Schlanger, Cook, Cohn & Mills, Joel W. Cook, Houston, for appellee Houston Lighting & Power.


COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to remove the cloud from the title to land. The two principal issues are (1) whether a certain oil and gas lease has terminated, and (2) if not, whether the defendant, Cloyce F. Chandler is the owner of an interest in said oil and gas lease.

The case was submitted to a jury on one special issue, in response to which the jury found that it was an intent of the parties to the Drummet-Bacarisse lease that it would terminate...

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