SOUDERS v. MONTANA POWER CO.

No. 82-231.

662 P.2d 289 (1983)

Helen J. SOUDERS and Kenneth D. Luff, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. The MONTANA POWER COMPANY, a Mont. corp., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver; John D. Weaver, Great Falls, for defendant and appellant.

Raymond K. Peete, Billings, for plaintiffs and respondents.


GULBRANDSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs initiated this action for a declaratory judgment to determine their rights under a reservation in an assignment of an oil and gas lease. The District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Carbon County, decided that the reservation was not restrictive and that the gas had been reserved for all purposes, not just those specified in the reservation.

Plaintiff, Helen J. Souders, is the daughter and successor in interest of...

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