Top Lease Disputes

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Yukon Trading Company, LLC v. Mewbourne Oil Company et al., District Court of Dewey County, Oklahoma

Representing Mewbourne in a top lease dispute in Dewey County, Oklahoma. After discovering that Mewbourne planned to drill valuable horizontal wells on certain property, Yukon Trading Company obtained top leases from several lessors of the property and claimed that Mewbourne’s leases terminated due to a cessation of production and that the top leases were in effect. After the parties moved for summary judgment, the Court ruled in favor of Mewbourne. Currently on appeal before the Oklahoma Court of Appeals.

Type of Case: Lease Ownership Disputes, Top Lease Disputes, PPQ & Cessation