Opinion ID: 1455975
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: the implied covenant to market

Text: During the appeal Hugoton requested that this cause be remanded to the trial court for the purpose of taking testimony on a claim based upon breach of the implied covenant to market. This issue was not raised in the trial court. A party cannot raise new non-jurisdictional claims or defenses on appeal. In Union Texas v. Corporation Commission, 651 P.2d 652 (Okla. 1981) we said: The parties to an action, having presented their case for defense to the trial court upon a certain theory, are bound thereby and will not be permitted to change the theory of the case upon appeal. Id. 651 P.2d at 664. The defendants' obligations with regard to an implied covenant to market were not, and are not, part of this suit. The request for a remand on this issue is denied.