STEPHENS PRODUCTION CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 91-333.

842 S.W.2d 851 (1992)

311 Ark. 206

STEPHENS PRODUCTION COMPANY, Arkla, Inc., Arkla Exploration Company, and Arkoma Production Company, Appellants, v. Mildred M. JOHNSON, Trustee of Mildred M. Johnson Trust, Mamie J. Keifer, Rosamond Johnson, Nora House, Sara Adams Ridgway, Sunbelt Exploration Company, Jim T. Walker, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayes C. McClerkin, Barry A. Bryant, Texarkana, for appellants.

Dorsey Ryan, Fort Smith, Lonnie Turner, Ozark, amicus curiae for appellee.


DUDLEY, Justice.

The chancellor cancelled the oil and gas leases to some of the vertical geological formations of a drilling unit. The defendant production companies appeal from the chancellor's finding that they have abandoned some of the formations, and the plaintiffs cross-appeal from the finding that the defendants have not totally abandoned the leases.

We cannot reach the merits of the case and must affirm the final order on both direct and cross-appeal...

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