Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Apache Deepwater, LLC v. Double Eagle Development, LLC, No. 08-16-00038-CV, 2017 WL 3614298 (Tex. App.—El Paso Aug. 23, 2017, pet. filed) construed a retained acreage clause to operate as of the […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. North Shore Energy, L.L.C. v. Harkins, 501 S.W.3d 598 (Tex. 2016) (per curiam) (Option to lease and geophysical trespass) is a contract interpretation case which held that the option contract granting […]
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. Wade v. XTO Energy Inc. held that a mineral lease did not satisfy the statute of frauds because the writing was unsigned and did not furnish a […]
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. Aston Meadows, Ltd. v. Devon Energy Production Co., 359 S.W.3d. 856 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2012, pet. denied) held that an oil and gas lease describing land located […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Carpenter v. Phelps, 391 S.W.3d 143 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2011, no pet.) held that a description of real property does not satisfy the statute of frauds when the […]
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 were […]
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 […]
