Legal Opinion
Abraxas Petroleum Corp. v. Hornburg
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided March 16, 2000No. 08-98-00286-CVPublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.
Abraxas Petroleum Corporation (Abrax-as) appeals from judgment entered in favor of Appellees, John H. Hornburg (Hornburg), Gwendolyn Hornburg Hauter (Hauter), and Marian C. Guiberson (Gui-berson). We delete the award of exemplary damages and affirm the judgment as modified.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
The Cleo Smith lease, located in Stonewall County, and a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) dated August 1, 1984 are at the heart of this dispute. The Cleo Smith lease had been in continuous production since 1952 and by all accounts had been prolific, having produced 1.6…
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