Morris v. CMS Oil and Gas Co.

KITE, Justice.

[11] Julie McClain Morris owns an overriding royalty interest in gas wells operated by CMS Oil and Gas Company (CMS). Believing CMS was not properly reporting production or paying her royalties, Ms. Morris brought suit under the Wyoming Royalty Payment Act (WRPA), Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 80-5-801 thru 30-5-805 (LexisNexis 2009). After a bench trial, the district court found that CMS ultimately had paid the royalties due Ms. Morris but in some instances had not complied with the WRPA, by either not timely paying them to her or placing them in escrow and by not reporting production as…