Myers v. Shell Petroleum Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action by the owners of an 80-acre tract of land to recover damages from the defendants, Shell Petroleum Corporation and McPherson Oil & Development Company, for breach of the implied covenant in an oil and gas lease to explore, develop and produce oil from each of two alleged oil-bearing sands between certain dates. A general demurrer to plaintiffs’ evidence was sustained upon the ground the evidence was so speculative as to constitute merely guesswork. .From that ruling plaintiffs appeal.

We shall refer to the Shell Petroleum…