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. Exploration Co. v. Vega Oil & Gas Co., 843 S.W. 2d 123 (Tex. App. –Houston [14th Dist.] 1992, writ den.), concerns the application of an overriding royalty to a […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. v. Finkelstein 933 S.W.2d 591, 1996 WL 40010 (Tex. A.P.—San Antonio, August 14, 1996, ) addressed the right of an overriding royalty owner to share […]
Richard F. Brown Horizon Resources, Inc. v. Putnam, 976 S.W.2d 268 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1998, n.w.h.) determines whether an overriding royalty payable to the Lessor and included in an attached addendum to a printed lease form is subject to the proportionate reduction clause found in the printed lease form. In the Putnam case, the printed […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Boldrick v. BTA Oil Producers, 222 S.W.3d 672 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2007, no pet.), holds that an overriding royalty interest subject to an operating agreement (“JOA”) and burdening a non-consenting interest […]
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. In Pampell Interests. Inc. v. Wolle, No. 03-89-238-CV (Tex. App.–Austin, October 10, 1990, n.w.h.), the Court held that where an oil and gas lease requires the “lessee to […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Sun Operating Limited Partnership v. Oatman, No. 004-93-00634-CV, 1995 WL 92593 (Tex. App.–San Antonio March 8, 1995–) involves the adverse possession of the mineral rights by one operator against another […]
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. The lease involved in Geotrac Energy Corp. v. Gottschalk, 925 S.W.2d 101 (Tex. App.–Austin 1996, no writ) contained a typical habendum clause in the printed form “for […]
