Crawford v. Hrabe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

This appeal raises the conflict between a lessor (Marvin Hrabe, et al, herein called Hrabe or lessor) and a lessee (Steve Crawford, d/b/a S & M Oil Co., herein called Crawford, lessee, or operator) over whether the implied covenants and rights under an oil and gas lease executed in 1962 between the present parties’ predecessors in interest allow the lessee to bring off-lease water on the leased premises to be used for injection purposes in a Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) approved secondary recovery project without the lessor’s consent…