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 […]
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. Mandell v. Hamman Oil Refining Co., S.W.2d (Tex. Civ. App–Houston 1991, ), is another take-or-pay case in which the royalty owner Mandell sought to recover a portion 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. Migl v. Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production, Inc., No. 13-05-589-CV, 2007 WL 475318 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Feb. 15, 2007, no pet.) examines royalty requirements under implied and express […]
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 Hitzelberger v. Samedan Oil Corp. 948 S.W.2d 497 (Tex. App. – Waco 1997, writ denied, motion for rehearing pending), the court finds that an oil and gas lease […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Reeder v. Wood County Energy, L.L.C., 320 S.W.3d 433 (Tex. App.—Tyler 2010, reversed); Reeder v. Wood County Energy, LLC, 395 S.W.3d 789 (Tex. 2012), held that the gross negligence […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Williams v. Baker Exploration Co., 767 S.W.2d 193 (Tex. App.–Waco 1989, writ den. 9/6/89) is another division order case which appears to limit the protection accorded to the lessee by […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Springer Ranch, Ltd. v. Jones, 421 S.W.3d 273 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2013, no pet.) held that royalties from present and future horizontal wells must be allocated based on the […]
