Circle Dot Ranch, Inc. v. Sidwell Oil & Gas, Inc.

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Circle Dot Ranch, Inc. and Euline Walser perfected this appeal to contend the trial court improperly directed a verdict against them in their action to cancel a voluntarily pooled gas unit and to recover royalties under their lease based upon the alleged bad faith of lessees Sidwell Oil and Gas, Inc., et al. (Sidwell).1 By a cross-point, Sidwell asserts error in the trial court’s overruling of its motion for partial new trial on the issue of attorney’s fees. For the reasons to be expressed, we will reverse and remand.

Circle Dot Ranch, Inc. and Euline Walser…