Texas Supreme Court· 3/30/1955
Texas Co. v. State & Duval County Ranch Co.
Citations
- 281 S.W.2d 83
- 154 Tex. 494
- 4 Oil & Gas Rep. 727
- 1955 Tex. LEXIS 586
How courts have described this case
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- holding that operator under invalid lease “[a]s a good faith trespasser ... has been permitted credit for its expenditures in producing the oil and gas, according to its own records”
- \[I]t was necessary to file a motion for new trial assigning as error the entry of judgment on conflicting jury findings.\
- “[0]ne seeking a cancellation of an instrument, with certain exceptions not pertinent here, must restore the original status .... ”
- “[I]t is necessary that a party seeking rescission should offer or tender a restoration to the other.”
- no estoppel against state seeking recovery of public school lands improperly conveyed or value of minerals produced from those lands
- state recovering public school lands improperly conveyed or value of minerals produced from those lands
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Judges: Calvert
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