Peironnet v. Matador Resources Co.

KNOLL, Justice.*

1 ,This mineral rights case presents seminal issues concerning our civilian doctrine *796of error and the reformation of written contracts for errors vitiating consent. It arises out of an extension of a three-year primary term oil and gas lease, covering 1805.34 acres in the southern part of Cad-do Parish, to four and one-half years. Plaintiffs, Cynthia Fry Peironnet (“Peiron-net”), Elizabeth Fry Franklin (“Franklin”), and Eleanor Baugnies de St. Marceaux (“Marceaux”), sued the lessee, Matador Resources Company (“Matador”), to rescind or reform the extension agreement making it…