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VEGA PETROLEUM CORP. v. HOVEY

No. 5465.

604 S.W.2d 388 (1980)

VEGA PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Appellant, v. James B. HOVEY et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. B. Browder, Jr., Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Midland, for appellant.

Robert J. Patterson of Latham & Patterson, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

DICKENSON, Justice.

The landowners, James B. Hovey and Oladell Jenkins Hovey, sued Vega Petroleum Corporation, owner of an oil and gas lease on the Hovey's land, seeking damages for royalties which were alleged to have been lost because of Vega's failure to drill an "offset well." Following a trial by jury, judgment was rendered on the jury's verdict that the Hoveys recover $139,251.00. Vega appeals. We affirm.

The verdict of the jury can be summarized as...

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