Henry G. Mills, Plaintiffs/counter v. Damson Oil Corp., Defendant/counter

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

We hear, for the third time, 1 an appeal involving a 1/16 mineral interest in two oil wells in Mississippi. 2 We affirm the summary judgment granted Damson Oil Corporation on plaintiffs’ fraud and conversion claims, and its bench trial judgment for recovery of certain erroneously-made payments.

Background

In 1976 the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board granted Damson a permit to drill an oil well denominated Sabine No. 2 in Wayne County, Mississippi. A simultaneously submitted request for Sabine No. 3 was approved in February 1977 when the Board force integrated the well.…