Oakrock Exploration Co. v. Killam

Opinion by:

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

In this appeal from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, we consider whether the evidence is legally sufficient to support the jury’s finding that letters signed by Oakrock Exploration Company and Annette Galloway, Amparo Linares, and Bias Ramirez, Jr. were contracts to enter into oil and gas leases. Because we hold that the evidence was legally insufficient to support a finding that a contract between the parties was formed, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Wilfred Baker is a petroleum engineer who owns a…