Clovis v. Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

Plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs below and will be referred to herein as plaintiffs. The defendants in error will be referred to as defendants and the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission of Colorado as the Commission.

On March 1, 1946, plaintiffs granted to one Paul L. Davis, the predecessor of leasehold rights of these defendants, an oil and gas lease covering 632 acres of land owned by them in La Plata County, Colorado. The lease provided for a primary term of ten years and as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced from the land. Some of the parcels of land…