ROOK v. JAMES E. RUSSELL PETROLEUM, INC.

No. 54,031

235 Kan. 6 (1984)

679 P.2d 158

MAXINE ROOK and JOHN ROOK, Appellees, v. JAMES E. RUSSELL PETROLEUM, INC., a corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Toland, of Toland & Thompson, of Iola, argued the cause, and Stanley E. Toland, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Orville J. Cole, of Cole & Doering, of Garnett, argued the cause, and Steven B. Doering, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for the appellees.

Don O. Concannon, of Concannon, Traster & Concannon, of Hugoton, and Charles J. Meyers and Craig R. Carver, of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, of Denver, Colorado, were on the brief for the amicus curiae, Douglas Energy Company, Inc.

Glenn D. Young, Jr., of Gott, Young & Bogle, P.A., of Wichita, Judson S. Woodruff and Eugene Kuntz, of McAfee & Taft, of Oklahoma City, Harry Landt, of Amoco Production Company, of Denver, Colorado, and R.H. Frick, of Amoco Production Company, of Chicago, Illinois, were on the brief for the amicus curiae, Amoco Production Company.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, C.J.:

This case comes before the court for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals found at 8 Kan.App.2d 412, 658 P.2d 1059 (1983). James E. Russell Petroleum, Inc., (defendant-appellant) appealed from the trial court's determination that it had abandoned its oil and gas production rights under two oil and gas leases to...

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