EVANS v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 13-91-008-CV.

840 S.W.2d 500 (1992)

Joe Lee EVANS, et al., Appellants, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled November 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B.J. Walters, Jr., Nathan, Wood & Sommers, Houston, Ron O. Norwood, Taylor & Norwood, Liberty, Frank B. Sheppard, Crain & Sheppard, Errol John Dietze, Dietze & Reese, Cuero, Drew M. Capuder, Nathan, Wood & Sommers, Houston, for appellants.

Lloyd R. Cunningham, Leslie Kiefer Amann, Reynolds & Cunningham, Houston, Len Wade, J. Patrick Murphy, Haynes & Boone, Fort Worth, Gregory M. Cokinos, Cokinos & Bosien, Houston, H.E. Ellis, Dallas, John D. Murphree, Anderson, Smith, Null & Stofer, Victoria, William D. Granberry, David J. Demars, Valerie Fogleman, Gary, Thomasson, Hall & Marks, Corpus Christi, Morgan L. Copeland, Jr., James D. Thompson, III, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Knute L. Dietze, Victoria, James P. Pennington, Morgan L. Copeland, Scott, Douglass & Luton, Houston, Dan Matthews, Zana Hill, Wendell W. Hall, Fulbright & Jaworski, San Antonio, Sabrina L. DiMichele, Houston, for appellees.

Before NYE, C.J., and SEERDEN and GERALD T. BISSETT,JJ.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Justice.

Plaintiff/appellants challenge a summary judgment in their suit seeking a declaratory judgment that certain oil and gas leases had terminated and that defendant/appellees own no interest in the mineral estate, as well as damages for taking hydrocarbons after the alleged termination. Appellants contend that the leases lapsed under their habendum clauses due to failure to produce in paying quantities during two specific time periods...

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