Utley v. Marathon Oil Co.

ORDER DENYING APPELLANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND THE TIME TO FILE THE REPORTER’S RECORD

The appellants, O.B. Utley, Jr., O.B. Utley, III, Cynthia Utley Outlaw, and Charlcie Ut-ley (collectively “the Utleys”), sued the ap-pellee, Marathon Oil Company, to resolve a dispute as to whether a mineral lease on the Utleys’ land had terminated. 1 After a lengthy trial, the jury returned a take-nothing judgment in favor of Marathon Oil and awarded Marathon Oil $725,000 in attorneys’ fees. In a modified judgment signed on August 27, 1997, the trial judge reduced the award of attorneys’ fees to $150,000. Both…