Court Opinion

ID: 9846627
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:44:27.12461+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:40.784943
License: Public Domain

Kaul, J.,
concurring and dissenting: I joined in Justice Schroeder’s dissent in Waechter v. Amoco Production Co., 217 Kan. 489, 537 P. 2d 228, on the premise the royalty clause in the prototype lease involved therein was ambiguous and, for reasons stated in the dissent, must be construed as a “market value” lease. Therefore, consistent with my position in Waechter, I would affirm the trial court’s decision as to the Lightcap, Cutter and first Flower lease (denominated as Waechter leases in the court’s opinion). I identify with “Position 3” as indicated in the court’s opinion and concur therein in all other respects.