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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
9
Citation by publication commands the sheriff to publish this notice weekly for four weeks to summon defendants in a land and oil lease dispute. Plaintiffs C. H. Wilson and Alice Wilson sue A. W. Dumas and Harry Byrons over 40 acres tied to a mineral lease alleging fraud forgery and contract void. The case seeks cancellation of lease and removal of encumbrances from land described in Comanche County.
The State of Texas to the Sheriff or Constable of Comanche County commands summoning the unknown heirs of J W Stephens and his wife Annie F Stephens and other listed heirs or their representatives. Publication required weekly for four consecutive weeks before return day in a newspaper within the county to rat the next reefer term off the District.
In the 62nd Judicial District at Comanche on October 2 1918, R C Horner and M E Horner sue A W Dumas and Harry Byrons to cancel an oil lease and drilling contract. The petition filed September 11 1918 alleges ownership and seeks relief against the defendants, detailing a tract leased to Dumas and recorded in Comanche County deed records.
R B Easley Jr and wife Allie sue A W Dumas and Harry Byrons in district court no 4618 to rescind an oil lease alleging fraud and forgery, non performance, and that the land described in Comanche County is their homestead. The suit seeks cancellation of the lease and related drilling contract. case references mineral lease contracts and deed records.
Plaintiffs allege A W Dumas deceived R B Easley Jr by promising drilling within 120 days and not transferring the lease, with fraud intended to deprive rights to mineral lands. They claim the recorded lease is forged, altered, and invalid for lack of Easley wife signatures, seeking cancellation and removal of a cloud on the land.
The case involves W. P. Easley Myrtle Easley and A. W. Dumas with Harry Byrons over 107 acres and 640 acres of mineral rights in Comanche County Texas. Plaintiffs allege fraud, forgery, and lack of consideration in oil lease and drilling contracts dated May 1918 and May 1914, seeking cancellation and removal of clouds on title. Court summons direct publication in 1918 for Dumas and Byrons with October trial date.
In a September 11 1918 filing A J Lloyd clerk notes alleged forgery and alteration of a land lease and contract tied to A W Dumas and Harry Byrens. Plaintiffs seek cancellation and removal of the cloud on the land asserting nontransferable and forged terms.
The document claims the lease held by mercenaries is forged and unilateral rendering it void. The plaintiff seeks cancellation of the contract and lease and removal of the cloud over the land.
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