Amoco Production Co. v. Hardy

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal, pursuant to Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 2250 (Vernon Supp. 1980-1981), from an order determining that this case should be maintained as a class action under Rule 42(b)(4), T.R.C.P.

Appellees [hereinafter “the named plaintiffs”]1 instituted this suit on April 12, 1979, in the district court of Matagorda County, against Amoco Production Company and Getty Oil Company [hereinafter “the defendants”],2 two of the appellants herein, to recover additional royalties allegedly due under various oil and gas leases covering land in Matagorda County,…