Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Carpenter v. Phelps, 391 S.W.3d 143 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2011, no pet.) held that a description of real property does not satisfy the statute of frauds when the […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Lyle v. Jane Guinn Revocable Trust, 365 S.W.3d 341 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, pet. denied) held that an oil and gas assignment in which the assignee agreed to […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Trafalgar House Oil & Gas Inc. v. De Hinojosa, 773 S.W.2d 797 (Tex. App.–San Antonio 1989, no writ), was a suit for damages brought by the lessor against the lessee […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Ridge Oil Co., Inc. v. Guinn Investments, Inc., No. 02-0599, 2004 WL 1966096 (Tex. Sept. 3, 2004), is an important case on the temporary cessation of production (“TCOP”) doctrine, lease […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Tawes v. Barnes, 340 S.W.3d 419 (Tex. 2011) held that a lessor of lands included within a Joint Operating Agreement (“JOA”) had no right to sue under the JOA, […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Coghill v. Griffith, 358 S.W.3d 834 (Tex. App.—Tyler 2012, pet. denied) construes a royalty reservation in a deed as a fraction of royalty rather than a fractional royalty. Coghill’s […]
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. Luckel v. White, 792 S.W.2d 485 (Tex. App.–Houston [14th Dist.] 1990, n.w.h.), is another Texas case resolving one of the many conflicts in early printed conveyances. These conveyances were […]
