Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Key Operating & Equip., Inc. v. Hegar held that a mineral lessee’s implied surface easement extends to the surface of the entire pooled unit regardless of which tract within the pooled […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Walton v. City of Midland, 409 S.W.3d 926 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2013, pet. denied) held that granting a permit to drill an oil and gas well did not constitute 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. Crawford Family Farm P’ship v. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., 409 S.W.3d 908 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2013, pet. denied) held that a nongovernmental entity had the power to exercise the power of eminent […]
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. 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 […]
