Occidental Permian Ltd. v. Marcia Fuller French

OPINION

JIM R. WRIGHT, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to recover certain royalty payments under two leases. Marcia Fuller French and other royalty owners sued Occidental Permian Ltd., the operator of the Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit, and alleged that Occidental had underpaid royalties due under the leases. Following a nonjury trial, and after the trial court refused to allow the royalty owners’ request to reopen to present evidence of market value, the trial court rendered judgment for the royalty owners. We reverse and render.

Appellees 3 are royalty owners under two separate oil and gas leases…