Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Heritage Resources, Inc., v. Nationsbank – S.W. 2d –, 1996 WL 200362 (April 25, 1996, motion for rehearing pending) is a very recent Texas Supreme Court opinion in a division […]
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 Judice v. Mewbourne Oil Co., 39 Tex. S. Ct. J. 533 (April 25, 1996) Mewbourne deducted a pro rata part of post-production compression costs from lessor’s royalty. 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. Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Roberts, 2000 Tex. App. LEXIS 5974 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2000, n.p.h) construes a provision of an oil and gas lease which permits the lessor […]
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 Yzaguirre v. KCS Resources, Inc., 53 S.W.3d 368 (Tex. 2001), a unanimous Texas Supreme Court (Justice O’Neill not participating) held that the lessee’s market value royalty payments may […]
Richard F. Brown Cartwright v. Cologne Prod. Co., 182 S.W.3d 438 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2006, pet. denied), holds that post-production costs are deductible proportionately from the royalty interest under the lease and division order in question. The lessee, Cologne, ran the gas produced from the lease through gathering lines, treatment facilities and compressors, all 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. Chesapeake Operating, Inc. v. Denson, 201 S.W.3d 369 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2006, pet. denied) construes a lease amendment affecting leases previously owned by Texoma Natural Gas Company. Texoma acquired division orders […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Bowden v. Phillips Petroleum Co., 247 S.W.3d 690, (Tex. 2008), examines whether three subclasses of a class of oil and gas royalty owners were properly certified. The case is […]
