Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Chieftain Expl. Co. v. Gastar Expl. Inc., No. 10-15-00037-CV, 2017 WL 3860357 (Tex. App.—Waco Aug. 30, 2017, no pet. h.), rule 53.7(f) motion granted (Dec. 20, 2017) (mem. op.) held that […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Cash v. King, No. 04-16-00700-CV, 2017 WL 3701781 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Aug. 23, 2017, no pet.)(mem. op.) held that attorney’s fees are recoverable under the Declaratory Judgment Act in a suit […]
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. Spellman v Love, 534 S.W.3d 685 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2017, pet. denied) held that there could be no recovery for money had and received when the owner of a term non-participating […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Hardin-Simmons Univ. v. Hunt Cimarron Ltd. P’ship, No. 07-15-00303-CV, 2017 WL 3197920 (Tex. App.—Amarillo July 25, 2017, pet. filed) (mem. op.) held that the reworking clause of a lease extended 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. Mzyk v. Murphy Exploration & Production Company-USA, No. 04-15-00677-CV, 2017 WL 2797479 (Tex. App.—San Antonio June 28, 2017, no pet.)(mem. op.) held that the reasonably prudent operator standard in an offset […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Wenske v. Ealy, 521 S.W.3d 791 (Tex. 2017) held that an outstanding non-participating royalty interest (“NPRI”) burdened grantor and grantee proportionately, because nothing within the four corners of the deed indicated […]
