COBB v. NATURAL GAS PIPELINE CO. OF AMERICA

No. 88-1789.

897 F.2d 1307 (1990)

E.E. COBB, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATURAL GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA and Chevron USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Verner, Shawn K. McKean, Calvin, Dylewski, Gibbs, Maddox, Russell & Verner, Houston, Tex., for Natural Gas Pipeline Co.

Harlow Sprouse, James W. Wester, Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein & Johnson, Amarillo, Tex., for Chevron USA.

J.R. Lovell, Lovell & Lyle, Dumas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-lessors brought suit for declaratory judgment and conversion damages against defendant-lessees, arguing that because production had ceased from plaintiff-lessors' natural gas well, defendant-lessees' oil and gas lease was automatically terminated. Defendants denied termination, and offered three affirmative defenses — laches, ratification, and adverse possession. The District...

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