Hiroc Programs, Inc. v. Robertson

OPINION

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a Lawrence Circuit Court judgment that adopted a special *376master commissioner’s proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law1 and awarded the appellees, the Robertson Family, unpaid royalties owed pursuant to an oil and gas lease and damages for the conversion of gas after the lease had terminated. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand with directions to recalculate damages.

In November 1930, the Lightfoot Land Company granted an oil and gas lease, known as the Lightfoot lease, to E.J. Evans. According to the lease, Evans agreed to…