JENNINGS v. WESSELY ENERGY CORP.

No. 9491.

720 S.W.2d 811 (1986)

Juanita Jopling JENNINGS, et al., Appellants, v. WESSELY ENERGY CORPORATION, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.P. Smead, Jr., Bill Parker, Smead, Anderson, Wilcox & Dunn, Longview, for appellants.

Michael V. Powell, Cynthia A. Keeley, Rain, Harrell, Emery, Young & Doke, Dallas, for AA Energy & Wessely Energy.

Rodney H. Lawson, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, Howard Coghlan, Kenley, Boyland & Coghlan, Longview, for Beverly Ann Pearson Havner, et al.


BLEIL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. We reverse and remand for trial.

J.B. Orr owned 207.7 acres of land in Upshur County and, upon his death, the land passed by intestate succession in equal shares to his ten children. In 1954, the eldest brother, B.B. Orr, decided to buy the interests of his brothers and sisters; two deeds were executed, one from the heirs of R.D. Orr, the only deceased sibling, and one from the remaining heirs, including...

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