Shields v. Moffitt

LAVENDER, Justice:

Fred C. Shields, Jr., Susan S. Hickox and Janet S. Price, plaintiffs below, executed and delivered an oil and gas lease covering two tracts in McIntosh County, Oklahoma providing for a primary term of three years to W.G. Moffitt, one of the defendants below, said lease containing a special clause which provided:

“This lease may be assigned only with the written consent of the lessors.”

Thereafter, Moffitt assigned a portion of the lease to a third party assignee without the written consent of the lessors/plaintiffs.

Plaintiffs brought suit against Moffitt and his assignees, the…