Edwin M. Jones Oil Co. v. Pend Oreille Oil & Gas Co.

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Edwin M. Jones Oil Company sued appellee, Pend Oreille Oil & Gas Company seeking a declaratory judgment that Jones owned a working interest share in the Geffert Gas Unit which included the *445Geffert No. 1 Well and the Geffert No. 2 Well. Jones also sought an accounting and recovery for its share of the natural gas production from these two wells, together with its costs and attorneys fees. Pend Oreille counterclaimed, alleging that it erroneously paid Jones royalties on unit production from the Geffert Gas Unit. The jury found that Jones owned a one-third…