MORGAN v. MOBIL OIL CORP.

Nos. 83-1263, 82-1615 and 82-1620.

726 F.2d 1474 (1984)

Langdon L. MORGAN and Reece D. Morgan, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Defendant/Appellee. ANADARKO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Fern Kelley HUFFMAN, a/k/a Mildred Fern Huffman; Marjorie Fay Huffman Culmer; John Hubert Huffman; Dr. Alan Leslie Huffman; Kenneth K. Derrick; Ralph O. Chapline; Talma Chapline; Martell L. Sidwell; W.L. Sidwell III; Howard Sidwell; Donald W. Sidwell, Defendants/Appellants, Ross E. Taylor; Bertha J. Taylor; E.L. Butler; Maxine Smith Herbel; Lamont Rowland; Gertha Phifer; Harper Rowland; Frederick M. Butler; Alice Wheaton; Alice Wheaton Magro; Caroline B. Cauldwell; J.B. Bradford; Herbert G. Bradford; J.B. Wheaton; Stephen E. Coulter; Blanche Webb; June Phillips; Harold Coulter; Gilbert Coulter; Eula Mae Peterson; Donald K. Coulter; Rita Anne Ubelhart; Larry E. French; and Texaco, Inc., Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted R. Morgan, Lakin, Kan., for plaintiffs/appellants Langdon L. and Reece D. Morgan.

Jerome E. Jones, Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, Kan., for defendant/appellee Mobil Oil Corp.

Jerome E. Jones, Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, Kan. (Richard Jones and Robert J. Roth, Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, Kan., with him on the brief), for plaintiff/appellant Anadarko Production Co.

Mark H. Adams, II, R. Douglas Reagan and Dale M. Stucky, Wichita, Kan. (John W. Sumi, Wichita, Kan., with them on the brief), for defendants/appellants Sidwell, Huffman and Chapline.

Dale M. Stucky and Gregory J. Stucky, Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, Wichita, Kan. (Bernard E. Nordling and Leland E. Nordling, Kramer, Nordling & Nordling, Hugoton, Kan., of counsel), for defendants/appellees Coulter and Taylor.

Charles J. Woodin and R. Douglas Reagan, Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt, Wichita, Kan., for defendant/appellee Texaco, Inc.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and DOYLE and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

In the primary case the parties are Langdon L. and Reece D. Morgan against Mobil Oil Corporation, whereas in No. 82-1615 the caption is Anadarko Production Company v. Taylor, et al. These cases, because of their similarity, were consolidated for the appeals. Apparently there was a good deal of primary preparation in both instances, and indeed, the facts are not in dispute and the cases were disposed of by the trial court on...

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