McClain v. Ricks Exploration Co.

OPINION

HANSEN, Judge:

This action is a consolidated appeal consisting of five separate appeals, with four separate appellants. 1 Plaintiffs, Fred Rick Opitz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Fred Opitz (“Opitz”), Ben McClain and Jack McClain, mineral owners, brought this action to cancel oil and gas leases granted by them on mineral interests owned by them in Section 24, Township 11 North, Range 12 West, Caddo County, Oklahoma. Plaintiffs also sought to quiet title and to receive punitive damages for Defendants’ bad faith trespass. After a six-day, non-jury trial held over ten years…