Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma October 14, 1986, 64221 (21st Century Investment Co. v. Pine)

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

A lust for liquid gold located in a proven reserve appears to have motivated defendant’s attempt to lease a tract out from under an existing oil and gas lessee. The decisive issue upon which the case turns is whether the first lessee’s lease subsisted at the time the defendant took a second lease.