Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Noble Energy, Inc. v. ConocoPhillips Company, 532 S.W.3d 771 (Tex. 2017) held that a mutual, reciprocal environmental indemnity was an executory contract assumable in bankruptcy. Under a 1994 Exchange Agreement, ConocoPhillips […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Samson Expl., LLC v. T. S. Reed Props., Inc., 521 S.W.3d 766 (Tex. 2017) held that an operator who formed two overlapping pooled units was obligated to pay royalties to all […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Boothe v. Green, 534 S.W.3d 93 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2017, pet. filed), held that a devise of real property was adeemed only in part because the testatrix still possessed a part […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Jarzombek v. Ramsey, 534 S.W.3d 534 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2017, pet. denied), held in a deed reformation case that the discovery rule did not toll the running of the statute of […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation v. Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent, Inc., No. 07-16-00125-CV, 2017 WL 2622773 (Tex. App.—Amarillo June 13, 2017, no pet.) (mem. op.), held that a reservation of a wellbore […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. ConocoPhillips Company v. Ramirez, 534 S.W.3d 490 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2017, pet. filed), held that: (1) absent an express reservation, the mineral estate is included in a devise of the surface […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Davis v. Mueller, 528 S.W,.3d 97 (Tex. 2017), held that a conveyance of all interests owned by grantor in Harrison County satisfied the Statute of Frauds. The parties aligned as successors […]
