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SUNBELT EXPLORATION CO. v. STEPHENS PROD. CO.

No. 94-1233.

896 S.W.2d 867 (1995)

320 Ark. 298

SUNBELT EXPLORATION CO., Harold Oliver, Mabel Oliver, Donald Newton, Arlaween Newton, Drucilla Jones, Shelvon Gregory, & Stanley Gregory, Appellants, v. STEPHENS PRODUCTION CO. & Chevron USA, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorsey Ryan, Matthew Horan, Fort Smith, for appellants.

Thomas A. Daily, Michael C. Carter, Douglas M. Carson, Fort Smith, for appellees.

GLAZE, Justice.

This case involves oil and gas leases and, as such, the facts leading to the present appeal are lengthy and complicated. Because the facts are important to our decision, they are set out below as simply as possible.

In the 1950s, the appellees Stephens Production Co. and Chevron USA, Inc. acquired oil and gas leases in the Arkoma Basin from the appellant lessors' predecessors in title. The leases provide for the payment of royalties on the...

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