Court of Appeals of Texas July 24, 1980, 5465 (Vega Petroleum Corp. v. Hovey)

DICKENSON, Justice.

The landowners, James B. Hovey and Oladell Jenkins Hovey, sued Vega Petroleum Corporation, owner of an oil and gas lease on the Hovey’s land, seeking damages for royalties which were alleged to have been lost because of Vega’s failure to drill an “offset well.” Following a trial by jury, judgment was rendered on the jury’s verdict that the Hoveys recover $139,251.00.