Ferguson v. Britt

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a suit to recover damages for the breach of an oil, gas, and mineral lease executed by the defendant in favor of plaintiff. Prior to the recordation thereof defendant executed, in bad faith, another oil and gas lease to a third party affecting the same property, which was immediately recorded, as a result of which plaintiff claims to have been damaged in the sum of $8,661 and deprived of an overriding royalty on the property in question.

The defenses are that there was no bad faith on the part of the defendant and that no damages were actually suffered by the…