Edward Turner Davis, Jr. v. Cig Exploration, Inc.

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant CIG Exploration, Inc. (Exploration) appeals from an adverse judgment after a jury found it breached its implied covenant to reasonably market the natural gas from a well on the plaintiffs-ap-pellees’ land. Because the district court erred in not granting Exploration’s motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, we reverse and render judgment for Exploration.

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In June of 1977 R.C. Callan, an independent lease broker, approached Edward Davis, Jr., and his wife, Freda Davis, two of the plaintiffs, 1 and proposed…