SUNAC PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. PARKES

No. A-11391.

416 S.W.2d 798 (1967)

SUNAC PETROLEUM CORPORATION et al., Petitioners. v. Frank PARKES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Golden, Croley, Howell, Johnson & Mizell, Fred Lohmeyer and Robert S. Mizell, Dallas, for petitioners.

Gibson, Ochsner, Harlan, Kinney & Morris, John Morrison, Jr., Amarillo, for respondent.


GREENHILL, Justice.

This case principally involves the construction of the provisions of an oil and gas lease dealing with operations, or lack of them, at and after expiration of the primary term, and also the question of whether a new lease was a "renewal or extension" of a former lease so as to perpetuate an overriding royalty interest. The suit was instituted by Frank Parkes to establish that he owned an overriding royalty interest and for a money judgment for...

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