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SOMONT OIL CO. v. A & G DRILLING, INC.

No. 05-028.

137 P.3d 536 (2006)

2006 MT 90

332 Mont. 56

SOMONT OIL COMPANY, INC., a Montana Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. A & G DRILLING, INC., Cavalier Petroleum, Inc., A.G. Walls a/k/a Joe Walls, John Walls, and Stewart Howell, a/k/a Cavalier-Walls Joint Venture, Defendants, Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. Hatley and James A. Donahue, Davis, Hatley, Haffeman and Tighe, P.C., Great Falls, for Appellant.

Douglas C. Allen, Corder and Allen, Great Falls, Richard Beatty, Attorney at Law, Shelby, for Respondents.

Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 This case began in 1998 when Somont Oil Company, Inc. (Somont) sought to quiet its leasehold and/or mineral interest in twenty-eight oil and gas leases located in the Kevin/Sunburst field, occupied by defendants (C-W), in Toole County, Montana. Somont argued that its leases were valid and enforceable to the exclusion of any leasehold interest by C-W because, under the agreement terms, C-W's interest...

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