Legal Opinion
Voiles v. Santa Fe Minerals, Inc.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 21, 1996No. 77971, 77973 to 77975, 77977, 77980 and 77981 to 77994PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
Santa Fe Minerals, Inc. and other mineral lessees/working interest owners (collectively “Santa Fe” or “the defendants”) were enjoying production from the Guymon-Hugoton field under several virtually identical oil and gas leases executed between 1937 and 1950. In 1989 Oklahoma Hugoton Corporation (Hugoton) approached the lessors of the Santa Fe leases, or their successors, and paid each for what is known as a top lease, an oil and gas lease to take effect only if the pre-existing lease should expire or be terminated. In the process Hugoton obtained from each lessor his or her…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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