admin, Author at Brown & Fortunato

469 Springer Ranch, Ltd. v. Jones

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Springer Ranch, Ltd. v. Jones, 421 S.W.3d 273 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2013, no pet.) held that royalties from present and future horizontal wells must be allocated based on the […] More...

467 Cmty. Bank of Raymore v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Cmty. Bank of Raymore v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., 416 S.W.3d 750 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2013, no pet.), construes the operation and relationship of the habendum clause, continuous development clause, […] More...

464 Lamont v. Vaquillas Energy Lopeno Ltd.

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Lamont v. Vaquillas Energy Lopeno Ltd., LLP, 421 S.W.3d 198 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2013, pet. filed), held that the improper use of a seismic map obtained by proper means […] More...

045 Parten v. Cannon

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of some significance to you. Parten v. Cannon, 829 S.W.2d 327 (Tex. App.–Waco 1992, writ den.), concerns the effect of the failure of the lessee to file a designation of producing unit at […] More...

134 Freeman v. Samedan Oil Corp.

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Freeman v. Samedan Oil Corporation, 2000 WL 33279603 (Tex. App.–Tyler 2001, no pet.), holds that a common lease pooling clause may not be extended or construed to include the […] More...

137 Sabre Oil & Gas Corp. v. Gibson

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Sabre Oil & Gas Corporation v. Gibson, 72 S.W.3d 812 (Tex. App.–Eastland 2002, pet. filed), construes the effect of the lease assignment clause on a pooling clause requiring all […] More...

151 Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. v. W.L. Ranch, Inc.

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. In Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. v. W.L. Ranch, Inc.1, the court considers the relationship between a partial release (“Pugh”) clause and a pooling clause in a lease and […] More...

154 Union Gas Corp. v. Gisler

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Union Gas Corp. v. Gisler, 129 S.W.3d 145 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2003, no pet.) (emphasis in original), is the first of seven related cases considering the relationship between the […] More...

494 Daven Corp. v. TARH E & P Holdings, L.P

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Daven Corp. v. TARH E & P Holdings, L.P. held that mineral interests can be subject to partition-in-kind when the weight of the expert testimony is such that a jury […] More...

451 Meekins v. Wisnoski

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Meekins v. Wisnoski, 404 S.W.3d 690 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2013, no pet.), held that a receiver’s deed out of an estate was effective to convey all of the […] More...