Grynberg v. Waltman

Opinion by

Judge HUME.

Defendant, Reid M. Waltman, appeals the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, Jack J. Grynberg. We affirm.

*475Defendant was employed by plaintiff from 1972 to 1977. As part of defendant’s compensation package, he was assigned certain overriding royalty interests in certain leases for which he had provided geologic information. Royalties were paid to defendant during his employment and for approximately eight months after he left his position as an exploration manager for plaintiff. At that time payments ceased, and in response to defendant’s inquiries,…