SHIELDS v. MOFFITT

No. 57980.

683 P.2d 530 (1984)

Fred C. SHIELDS, Jr., Susan S. Hickox, and Janet S. Price, Appellants, v. W.G. MOFFITT; Energy Trading, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Energy Reserves Group, Inc.; Sweetwater Minerals of Texas, Inc.; Shelter Petroleum Partnership; George M. Thomas, Jr., O.T. McCall; the First National Bank & Trust Company, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Arch Gilbert, Jr., Harry D. Gibbs; and Global Gas Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Michael Smith, Oklahoma City, for appellants and counter-appellees.

William P. Warden, Linn & Helms, Oklahoma City, for appellees and counter-appellants.


LAVENDER, Justice:

Fred C. Shields, Jr., Susan S. Hickox and Janet S. Price, plaintiffs below, executed and delivered an oil and gas lease covering two tracts in McIntosh County, Oklahoma providing for a primary term of three years to W.G. Moffitt, one of the defendants below, said lease containing a special clause which provided:

"This lease may be assigned only with the written consent of the lessors."

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