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VOILES v. SANTA FE MINERALS, INC.

Nos. 77971, 77973 to 77975, 77977, 77980 and 77981 to 77994.

911 P.2d 1205 (1996)

J.D. VOILES, and Esther E. Voiles, Husband and Wife; and Douglas Blackmer Voiles, Appellants, v. SANTA FE MINERALS, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Southland Royalty Co., a Delaware Corporation; and Deck Oil Co., an Oklahoma Corporation, Appellees, v. OKLAHOMA HUGOTON CORP., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected February 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rovell, Chicago, IL, Admitted Pro hac vice, for Plaintiffs/Appellants and Third-party Defendant/Appellant.

Gary W. Davis, Mark D. Christiansen, Paul D. Trimble, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, James R. Fletcher, Guymon, for Santa Fe Minerals, Inc.

H.B. Watson, Jr., Patricia D. Horn, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, Oklahoma City, for Southland Royalty Company.

Susan L. Heady, Matthew H. Hand, Amarillo, TX, Douglas Dale, Wright, Dale and Jett, Guymon, for Phillips Petroleum Company.

J. Michael Medina, Keith F. Sellers, Christopher S. Heroux, Holliman, Langholz, Runnels & Dorwart, Tulsa, for Kaiser-Francis Oil Company.

Kirt E. Moelling, Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Amarillo, TX, for Helen K. Elrod and C.D. Long1.

SUMMERS, Justice.

Santa Fe Minerals, Inc. and other mineral lessees/working interest owners (collectively "Santa Fe" or "the defendants") were enjoying production from the Guymon-Hugoton field under several virtually identical oil and gas leases executed between 1937 and 1950. In 1989 Oklahoma Hugoton Corporation (Hugoton) approached the lessors of the Santa Fe leases, or their successors, and paid each for what is known...

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