Right of Way Oil Co. v. Gladys City Oil, Gas & Mfg. Co.
Decision Date | 11 June 1913 |
Citation | 157 S.W. 737 |
Parties | RIGHT OF WAY OIL CO. et al. v. GLADYS CITY OIL, GAS & MFG. CO. et al. |
Court | Texas Supreme Court |
Action by the Gladys City Oil, Gas & Manufacturing Company and others against the Right of Way Oil Company and others. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (137 S. W. 171) reversing a judgment for defendants, defendants bring error. Affirmed.
Baker, Botts, Parker & Garwood, of Houston, Wear, Orgain & Butler and W. D. Gordon, all of Beaumont, and O. S. Parker, of Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs in error. D. Edward Greer, Chenault O'Brien, and George Chilton, all of Beaumont, for defendants in error.
This statement will be sufficient for the decision of the questions submitted to this court:
The plaintiffs in error are the Right of Way Oil Company, the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, and Oswald S. Parker, trustee. The Gladys City Oil, Gas & Manufacturing Company, the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company, and the Gulf Pipe Line Company are defendants in error.
We copy from the well-prepared application for writ of error the following clear and comprehensive statement of the case:
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