Crystal River Oil & Gas, LLC. and RMS Monte Christo, LLC v. Robert Patton

OPINION

JOHN M. BAILEY, JUSTICE

This appeal results from a jury trial in a suit to terminate an oil and gas lease. Robert Patton filed suit against Appellants, Crystal River Oil & Gas, LLC (Crystal River) and RMS Monte Christo, LLC, claiming that the lease held by Appellants terminated due to a cessation of production and was not extended by operation of a savings clause in the lease that continued the lease if “re-working operations” commenced within sixty days after production ceased. Based upon the jury’s favorable answers to Patton’s claims, the trial court entered judgment declaring that…