Samson Contour Energy E & P, L.L.C. v. Smith

_JjThe defendant, Samson Contour Energy E & P, L.L.C., appeals a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Succession of Effie Connell. The trial court found that defendant owed the plaintiff the amount of $1,301,149.13 in royalty payments. Finding that the defendant’s failure to pay was wilful and unreasonable, the trial court rendered judgment awarding the plaintiff damages of double the amount of royalties due, legal interest and attorney fees. For the following reasons, we affirm.

FACTS

Effie Connell and her children, Billy Smith and Betty Smith Robinson, owned certain tracts of land and mineral…