Hunt v. HNG Oil Co.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This appeal concerns the rights and liabilities of a “good faith” oil and gas trespasser. The Hunts, lessors and appellants, sued HNG, lessee and appellee, for trespass and conversion, claiming damages for HNG’s alleged wrongful entry onto their land and conversion of their natural gas. The trial court rendered judgment for HNG after a jury answered all questions favorable to HNG. The Hunts assert twenty-two points of error. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

This dispute arises from HNG’s completion of a well on the Hunts’ land. In December 1985, HNG drilled a well…