Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Kadane Corp. v. Cholla Petroleum, Inc., No. 11-11-00236-CV, 2013 WL 3336612 (Tex. App.—Eastland June 27, 2013, no pet.) held that a mineral lessee’s pipeline easement was not an existing […]
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 re Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd., 402 S.W.3d 334 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2013, mandamus denied) held that the trial court must make a preliminary finding as to a developer’s […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Crosstex NGL Pipeline, L.P. v. Reins Rd. Farms-1, Ltd., 404 S.W.3d 754 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2013, no pet.) held that under the statutes granting pipelines the right to condemn 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. Thompson v. Clayton, 346 S.W.3d 650 (Tex. App.—El Paso, 2009, no pet.), distinguishes easements from licenses. In January 1975, James Cleo Thompson, Jr. offered Joe Clayton $3,000 on behalf […]
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. Mobil Pipe Line Co. v. Smith, 860 S.W.2d 157 (Tex. App.–El Paso 1993, no writ), considers what right an owner of a pipeline right-of-way has to enter upon farmland […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Orange County, Inc. v. Citgo Pipeline Company, 934 S.W.2d 472 (Tex. App. – Beaumont 1996, writ denied), considers the alienability of a partial interest in a pipeline easement. A landowner […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Bagley v. Centana Intrastate Pipeline, L.L.C., No. 09-06-063-CV, 2007 WL 846554 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2007, pet. denied) (Memorandum opinion), holds that a pipeline can be relocated, notwithstanding that the easement granted […]
