Genesis Producing Company, LP v. Smith Big Oil Corporation, Todd D. Smith and James A. Whitson, Jr.

OPINION

Ken Wise, Justice

In this dispute over an assignment of an interest in an oil and gas lease, Genesis Producing Company, L.P., appeals the trial court’s judgment granting Smith Big Oil Corporation and Todd M. Smith’s summary judgment motion, denying Genesis’s summary judgment motion, and striking Genesis’s amended petitions. Concluding that Genesis nonsuited its claims before judgment was rendered on the competing summary judgment motions, we reverse and render.

Factual and Procedural Background

Genesis is in the business of oil and gas exploration and the purchase and sale of oil, gas,…