Chesapeake Exploration, LLC v. Whillock

RITA W. GRUBER, Judge.

| (Appellant, Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, appeals from an order of the Van Burén County Circuit Court granting summary judgment to appellees, Thomas and Gayla Whillock, and from an order clarifying the summary judgment. The court ruled that, as a matter of law, Chesapeake could not recover a $120,000 oil-and-gas-lease bonus it had paid to the Whillocks. The court also dismissed the Whillocks’ counterclaim for estoppel and misrepresentation. With regard to the summary-judgment orders, we affirm in part and reverse and remand in part. We also reverse and remand, on…