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EXXON CORP. v. MIDDLETON

No. 1658.

571 S.W.2d 349 (1978)

EXXON CORPORATION et al., Appellant, v. Triphene MIDDLETON et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston, 14th Dist.

Rehearings Denied September 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Harmon, Louis Bagwell, Baker & Botts, Walter B. Morgan, Exxon U.S.A., Houston, John G. Tucker, Howell Cobb, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Herf M. Weinert, Dallas, for appellant.

William Key Wilde, Charles G. King, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, for appellees.

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for multiple plaintiffs in their suit to recover alleged deficiencies in royalty payments for gas produced from wells located on their lands in Chambers County, Texas.

GENERAL STATEMENT

In the early days of the oil industry in this state, natural gas was regarded more as a waste by-product of oil production than as a valuable resource. The gas produced along with oil was often simply...

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