The Kansas Power & Light Company v. Hugoton Production Company

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

Hugoton Production Company brought this action to recover alleged underpayments for natural gas delivered to The Kansas Power and Light Company under the terms of an existing contract. 1 The dispute arose over the method of computing the number of British Thermal Units contained in the gas delivered. A British Thermal Unit, generally known as a “BTU”, is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit. In a trial to the court without a jury, judgment was entered for the amount claimed, with interest.

Although…