BHP PETROLEUM CO., INC. v. OKIE

No. 91-14.

836 P.2d 873 (1992)

BHP PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., Appellant (Defendant), v. Margaret Daniel OKIE and Bill Daniel, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Yonkee and Tom C. Toner of Redle, Yonkee & Toner, Sheridan, Neil J. Short, Casper, and Paul F. Hultin and David A. Bailey of Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, P.C., Denver, Colo., for appellant.

J.N. Murdock and Mark W. Gifford of Reeves, Murdock, Lewis & Gifford, and Houston G. Williams of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, Casper, for appellees.

Before MACY, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and GOLDEN, JJ.


MACY, Chief Justice.

Appellant BHP Petroleum Company, Inc. appeals from the lower court's judgment and decree ordering BHP to pay a "differential royalty" out of production from the Bighorn 2-3 well as a remedy for its breach of a contract with Appellee Margaret Daniel Okie.1

We reverse.

BHP raises the following issues:

1. Did the District Court fail to make findings and conclusions on the issue of the appropriate...

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