Carmel Energy, Inc. v. Fritter

HANNA, Judge.

Plaintiff Carmel Energy, Inc. (Carmel) appeals from the trial court’s award of $4,800.00 in favor of defendant Harold Fritter’s counterclaim for damages. Carmel brought its action in replevin for a compressor and vapo-therm unit which had remained on the defendant’s land past the end of their lease. Defendant Fritter’s counterclaim was for storage of the property on his land.

Fritter entered into an oil and gas lease with Houston Natural Gas in 1980. Car-mel subleased from Houston for six months and its interest in the lease ended in 1981, but Houston’s lease continued until 1985…