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Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
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 the […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
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 finds the […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
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 […]