Exxonmobil Corp. v. Valence Operating Co.

OPINION ON REHEARING

EVELYN V. KEYES, Justice.

This is an appeal of a judgment awarding $834,299 in damages and $166,250 in attorney’s fees to plaintiff and appellee, Valence Operating Company, for breach of contract by defendant and appellant, Exx-onMobil Corporation, after a three-day bench trial. In six issues, ExxonMobil contends that the trial court erred by (1) misconstruing the maintenance-of-interest provision of the parties’ joint operating agreement; (2) admitting evidence of Exx-onMobil’s relationship with a third party; (3) finding that ExxonMobil breached the…