Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. Thompson, 2002 WL 1432330 (Tex. 2002), holds that a well capable of production will sustain the lease without additional drilling or reworking operations, even if actual […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. The Texas Supreme Court issued a very important opinion in Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Pool.1 After a lease termination by cessation of production, a lessee can reacquire ownership […]
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 the case of Grinnell v. Munson1, the court considers the evidence required to show lease termination when the habendum clause provides that the term is for so long as there […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Parker v. MSB Energy, Inc. (In re MSB Energy, Inc.), 438 B.R. 571 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 2010), held that because there was no “available pipeline” for the lessee to transport gas […]
CASE OF THE MONTH Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the cases may be of significance to you. In Delhi Gas Pipeline Corp. v. Dixon, 737 S.W.2d 96 (Tex. App.–Eastland 1987, no writ), the court upheld the right of the lessee to make […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Stephens v. Finley Res., Inc., No. 07-05-0023-CV, 2006 WL 768877 (Tex. App.— Amarillo March 27, 2006, no pet.), holds that a saltwater disposal agreement granting lessee authority to dispose 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. Thomas v. Thomas, 767 S.W.2d 507 (Tex. App.–Amarillo 1989, no writ), involved a dispute over the proper interpretation of a “free gas to lessor” clause contained in a 1938 oil […]
