DUDLEY, Justice.
The sole issue in this case is whether the lessee of an oil and gas lease has an implied duty upon termination of production, or upon the drilling of a dry hole, to restore the surface of the land, as nearly as practicable, to the same condition as it was prior to drilling. We hold that the operator has such a duty.
Eddie Smith, the predecessor in title to appellant, Bobbye Bonds, executed an oil and gas lease in July 1977. In 1979, a well...
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