Maxwell v. Samson Resources Co.

SIMMS, Justice:

Defendant below, Samson Resources Company (Samson) appeals the judgment rendered by the trial court in favor of the plaintiffs below/appellees, Chester Maxwell, Grace Maxwell Brown, Jewell E. Cau-dle, Waunette. Johnson, James A. Maxwell, Patsy Davenport, and Bill Maxwell (the Maxwells). The trial court found that the Maxwells held a working interest in a gas-producing well and they were entitled to damages for Samson’s failure as the operator of the well to pay working interest revenues to the Maxwells. The court included prejudgment interest on those revenues compounded…