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 Co. v. Koopmann 547 S.W.3d 858 (Tex. 2018) (Rule against perpetuities) held that the rule against perpetuities is generally not applicable in oil and gas conveyances, if the termination 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. Leavitt v. Ballard Expl. Co., Inc., 540 S.W.3d 164 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2017, no pet.) held that a dispute between royalty owners was a title dispute and that lessee could […]
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. 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. Reed v. Maltsberger/Storey Ranch, LLC, 534 S.W.3d 51 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2017, pet. denied) is a deed construction case, which held that a deed conveyed a mineral interest, rather than a […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Aery v. Hoskins, Inc., 493 S.W.3d 684 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2016, pet. denied) (Pooling by cross-conveyance as appurtenant to the land or interest in gross) held that a conveyance of a […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. HighMount Expl. & Prod. LLC v. Harrison Interests, Ltd. 503 S.W.3d 557 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, no. pet.) (Deduction of fuel gas and marketing costs from royalty) held that fuel […]
