Puckett v. Oelze

PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we are asked by defendant-appellant Oelze to construe a farmout agreement of an oil and gas lease. Defendant contends here, as he did before the trial court, that State-mandated oil well spacing requirements create a latent ambiguity in the agreement that calls for evidence to show the true intention of the parties. The trial court found no such latent ambiguity and entered a final order for the plaintiffs. We affirm.

The plaintiffs are three brothers, R. E. Puckett, Thomas Puckett and Ferrell Puckett. Prior to October…