Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Harrington v. Magellan Pipeline Co., L.P., 10-09-00131-CV, 2011 WL 6225276 (Tex. App.—Waco Dec. 14, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op.), held that a pipeline easement and subsequent assignment were ambiguous […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Sundance Minerals, L.P. v. Moore, 354 S.W.3d 507 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth, 2011, pet. denied) is a deed construction case which held that the Grantor reserved a fraction of royalty […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. XTO Energy Inc. v. Nikolai, 357 S.W.3d 47 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2011, pet. filed) held that the surface owner was estopped from challenging the original severance of the minerals […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Philipello v. Nelson Family Farming Trust, 349 S.W.3d 692 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2011, pet. denied), held that an outstanding mineral interest did not proportionally reduce the 1/8 royalty reserved […]
CASE NOTE Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Fisher v. Wynn, No. 12–11–00008–CV, 2011 WL 3338771 (Tex. App.—Tyler Aug. 3, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op.), held that a “subject to” clause did not act as […]
CASE NOTE Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Elder v. Anadarko E&P Co., L.P., No. 12-10-00250-CV, 2011 WL 2713817 (Tex. App.—Tyler July 13, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op.), held that the rules of construction can […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Dorchester Gas Producing Company v. The Harlow Corporation, S.W.2d (Tex. App.– Amarillo, No. 0 7-86-0024-CV, July 23, 1987). Dorchester owned the “gas and gas rights” under a section of land […]
