Sivert v. Continental Oil Company

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a case involving waterflood operations in the Velma (Escondido) Field in Atascosa County, Texas. The original suit was brought by ten named plaintiffs against numerous defendants, seeking a wide variety of relief in eight separate counts, the composition of plaintiffs and defendants varying among the eight separate counts. 1 The case was originally docketed as Cause No. 5928. Count Six was severed out of the main cause, docketed as Cause No. 5928-A, settled by the parties, and a final judgment entered thereon. The remainder of the counts were set for separate…