Legal Opinion
Baja Energy, Inc. v. Ball
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided April 5, 1984No. 11-83-247-CVPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.
This is an appeal from the granting as damages of third party litigation expenses which included attorney’s fees and loss of time. We reverse and remand.
Baja Energy, Inc., was the operator of an oil and gas lease located in Eastland County. The record owner of the lease was ACR Exploration, Inc. In October 1980, Baja entered into a letter contract with Chris Ball d/b/a Ball Oil Field Service to plug the Stephans # 1 well on the subject lease, for which Ball would receive all casing recovered and the braden head as payment. The contract contained Baja’s warranty that it…
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