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103423P.pdf   01/05/2012  Joe Smith  v.  David H. Arrington Oil & Gas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  10-3423
                          and No:  10-3542
                          and No:  10-3785
                          and No:  11-1526
                          and No:  11-1519
                          and No:  11-1498
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Chief Judge Riley and
   Colloton, Circuit Judges]
   Civil Case - oil and gas. Grant of summary judgment to landowners in
   suit against Arrington Oil & Gas, Inc. for failure to pay cash bonuses
   under oil and gas leases is affirmed. Lease agreements, together with
   bank draft, constituted enforceable contract. Bank draft's no-liability
   clause does not negate the mutuality of the obligation in the underlying
   lease agreement. The acceptance of the executed lease agreements
   constituted an approval and satisfied the lease approval language of the
   drafts. Renunciation of lease agreement for reasons unrelated to title
   precludes defense to the enforceability. Only good faith disapproval of
   title would justify invocation of condition precedent. Judge Colloton
   concurs.