Bolton v. Coats

DANIEL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment against the plaintiff, W. Thomas Bolton, the assignor of certain oil and gas leases, in a suit which he filed for breach of contract and damages against his assignees. Bolton, who had reserved an overriding royalty on the assigned leases, alleged that the defendant assignee, Alton Coats, and others holding under Coats, were liable in damages for failure to perform express and implied covenants of the assignment. The defendant respondents will be referred to as “Coats” or “assignees” unless otherwise noted.

On one of the leases Coats…