Shirley Adams, Charlene Burgess, Willie Mae Herbst Jasik, William Albert Herbst, Helen Herbst and R. May Oil & Gas Company, Ltd. v. Murphy Exploration & Production Co.-USA, a Delaware Corporation

OPINION

Opinion by:

Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

Lessors appeal a traditional summary judgment rendered (1) against them on their breach of contract claim against Murphy, the lessee, and (2) for Murphy on its declaratory judgment action. The parties dispute whether a well drilled on the lessors’ tracts satisfies the requirements of the oil and gas leases’ offset well clauses. We conclude Murphy failed to conclusively prove its points, and it was not entitled to summary judgment. We reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand this cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with…