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385 Elder v. Anadarko E & P Co.

CASE NOTE Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Elder v. Anadarko E&P Co., L.P., No. 12-10-00250-CV, 2011 WL 2713817 (Tex. App.—Tyler July 13, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op.), held that the rules of construction can […] More...

003 Dorchester Gas Prod. Co. v. Harlow 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. Dorchester Gas Producing Company v. The Harlow Corporation, S.W.2d (Tex. App.– Amarillo, No. 0 7-86-0024-CV, July 23, 1987). Dorchester owned the “gas and gas rights” under a section of land in […] More...

012 Amarillo Oil Co. v. Energy-Agri Products, Inc.

CASE OF THE MONTH Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Amarillo Oil Company v. Energy-Agri Products. Inc., 32 Tex. S. Ct. J. 252 (Text No. C- 6649, March 8, 1989), is an extremely important case for the […] More...

014 Jinkins v. Bryan

Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the cases may be of significance to you. Jinkins v. Bryan, 763 S.W.2d 539 (Tex. App.–Amarillo 1988, writ denied) and Raw Hide Oil & Gas Inc. v. Maxus Exploration Company, 766 S.W.2d 264 (Tex. App.–Amarillo 1988, application for writ […] More...

015 Raw Hide Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Maxus Explor. Co.,

023 Amarillo Oil Company v. Energy-Agri Products, 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. Amarillo Oil Company v. Energy-Agri Products. Inc., S.W.2d (June 27, 1990), is the only Texas Supreme Court case to address the significant outstanding issues in the oil/gas controversy. For the Texas […] More...

027 Luckel v. White

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. Luckel v. White, 792 S.W.2d 485 (Tex. App.–Houston [14th Dist.] 1990, n.w.h.), is another Texas case resolving one of the many conflicts in early printed conveyances. These conveyances […] More...

034 Luckel v. White

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. Luckel v. White, S.W.2d (1991) [See The PPROA Pipeline, Volume 61, No. 12 (December 1990), for Case Note on Civil Appeals opinion], overrules Alford v. Krum, 671 S.W.2d […] More...

038 Jordan v. Exxon Corp.

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. Jordan v. Exxon Corp., 802 S.W.2d 880 (Tex. App.–Texarkana 1991, no writ), involves a conveyance of a mineral interest from Sam F. Jordan (3/32) and Carl Bruce (3/32) […] More...

050 Esplanade Oil & Gas, Inc. v. Templeton Energy Income Corp.

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. Esplanade Oil & Gas v. Templeton Energy, 889 F.2d 621 (5th Cir. 1989), construes the effect of a typical condition found in an agreement to sell producing properties. As a […] More...