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GETTY OIL CO. v. BLEVCO ENERGY, INC.

No. 11-86-167-CV.

722 S.W.2d 51 (1986)

GETTY OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. BLEVCO ENERGY, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Bankhead, Bankhead, Davis & Davidson, Carthage, for appellant.

Ron Adkison, Wellborn, Houston, Adkison, Mann & Sadler, Henderson, for appellee.

OPINION

DICKENSON, Justice.

Blevco Energy, Inc. sued Getty Oil Company, alleging that Getty breached a "farmout" agreement under which Blevco would have been entitled to assignments of certain oil, gas, and mineral leases. Following a jury trial, judgment was rendered for Blevco in the sums of $2,000,000 for actual damages and $4,000,000 for punitive damages. Getty appeals. We reverse and render.1

The jury's verdict may...

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