EDINGTON v. CREEK OIL CO.

No. 84-23.

690 P.2d 970 (1984)

Phyllis EDINGTON and Bow Valley Petroleum, Inc., and Flare Energy Corporation, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CREEK OIL COMPANY, a Wyoming corp., and Louis Biby, Defendants, Cross-Complainants and Cross-Appellants, and Signal Drilling Co., et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto T. Habedank argued; Habedank, Cumming, Best & Maltese, Sidney, for plaintiffs and appellants.

James R. Carlson, Jr., argued, Hysham, for defendants, cross-complainants and cross-appellants:


SHEEHY, Justice.

In this case the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Richland County had before it the question which of two oil and gas leases was legally in effect as to production from an oil well under the leases from and after December 1980.

On February 2, 1962, Phyllis Edington entered into an oil and gas lease with John W. Batts covering mineral interests owned by her in Richland County, Montana. During the primary term of the lease a producing...

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