Kothe v. Jefferson

The plaintiff, Vera Shaw, filed suit in the circuit court of Clark County against numerous individuals seeking to cancel portions of an oil and gas lease due to an alleged breach of the implied covenant to reasonably develop the property. She sought cancellation of the lease as it applied to 318.5 acres of the 438.5-acre leasehold which she owned. A number of the original defendants defaulted and, pursuant to plaintiff’s motion, the circuit court can-celled the lease as to those individuals. Plaintiff also moved for, and was granted, summary judgment against the remaining defendants, Mary…