Legal Opinion
Shewmake v. Badger Oil Corp.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided February 27, 1987No. Civ. A. 86-K-1355PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KANE, District Judge.
This diversity action is before me on defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs claim in tort and as third party beneficiaries of an assigned oil lease allegedly breached by defendant.
Plaintiffs Shewmake and Warmath were geologists and employees of Fuel Explora tion, Inc., also known as “Fuelex”. In May of 1981, during the period of plaintiffs’ employment, Fuelex entered into an oil and gas lease with landowners Joseph and Maxine Fazzio. The lease provided if no well was commenced on a specific acreage of Fazzio property in Utah…
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