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HALE v. COTTON PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 85-1776.

796 F.2d 74 (1986)

Henry HALE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COTTON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Lemon, Lemon, Close, Shearer, Ehrlich & Brown, Perryton, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Pat Pirtle, Ronald D. Nickum, Amarillo, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, RANDALL and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Henry Hale appeals from the district court's order of judgment for defendant and counterclaimant Cotton Petroleum Corp. after a trial to the jury. We affirm.

I.

During the early 1970's, Oscar Flowers and Eloise Flowers, his wife, owned the oil, gas, and mineral interests in two tracts of land in Ochiltree County, Texas. Henry Hale ("Hale"), their son-in-law, lived and farmed on one of these tracts. In May 1974, the Flowers leased...

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