Somont Oil Co., Inc. v. Nutter

This appeal arises from a bench trial which occurred in the Ninth Judicial District on June 17 and 18, 1986, and thereafter by deposition, before the Honorable Robert M. Holter. The District Court issued a judgment supported by findings of fact and conclusions of law on December 18,1986. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff-respondent Somont Oil Company, Inc.(“Somont”). Defendants John and Peggy Nutter appeal. We affirm.

This appeal involves the parties’ rights and obligations under an agreement to develop and operate a mineral interest on a parcel of land in Toole County, Montana. The…