Gulf Oil Corp. v. Southland Royalty Co.

OPINION

RAMSEY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Crane County wherein a declaratory judgment was sought to construe an oil and gas lease. Gulf Oil Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, and six other Plaintiffs-Appellants filed suit against Southland Royalty Company and eighty-seven other Defendants-Appellees, seeking judgment declaring, as a matter of law, that an oil and gas lease did not expire on the date specified in the lease. At the close of Plaintiffs’ case, the Court granted Defendants' motion, withdrew the case from the jury, and entered judgment…