Grimes v. La Gloria Corp.

POPE, Justice.

This case concerns the interpretation of an oil and gas unitization agreement as embodied in an oil and gas lease and two subsequent amendments to the lease.. After a unit was validly created, did the unit operator under the agreement possess the power to exclude certain lands from the unit? That is the point in this controversy. Appellant, E. M. Grimes, a royalty owner, steadfastly refused to agree to the exclusion of lands from the unit, and has here sued for royalty payments based on the original unit. Appellee La Gloria Corporation asserts the power under the agreement to-…