CRAIG v. CHAMPLIN PETROLEUM COMPANY

No. 410-69.

435 F.2d 933 (1971)

Milo M. CRAIG et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHAMPLIN PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Verity, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Montgomery & Curtis, Fairview, Okl., and Murphy & Evans, Kingfisher, Okl., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

H. Carter Burdette, Fort Worth, Tex. (Cecil E. Munn, Fort Worth, Tex., and T. Murray Robinson, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Before BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges, and THEIS, District Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought as a class action by various lessors in the Chaney Dell production area in Oklahoma against their lessee, Champlin Petroleum Company, charging that in the sale of casinghead gas from the various oil wells within this area, the lessee, Champlin, failed to actively seek out a purchaser to pay the market price. The lessors are suing to have the fair market value established as the contract...

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