Morgan v. Mobil Oil Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KELLY, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are summary judgment motions filed by plaintiffs and defendant. Plaintiffs are the lessors of three quarter-sections of land in Morton County, in Southwest Kansas. Defendant Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil) leases these three tracts and is currently producing gas from them. Plaintiffs seek a legal determination that their leases with Mobil have terminated, at least as to production from all geological formations below the Panoma-Council Grove formation. Both sides have filed extensive briefs supporting their respective positions,…