Ridge Oil Company, Inc. and Bryan A. Woodward, Petitioners v. Guinn Investments, Inc., Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the temporary cessation of production doctrine applies to a lease covering multiple tracts with partial assignees, that production permanently ceased on the Ridge tract when new leases became effective, that Guinn did not conduct sufficient operations to keep the lease alive, and that Guinn is not entitled to tortious interference, fraud, or a constructive trust. The court reversed the Court of Appeals and entered judgment for Ridge.