Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Chesapeake Exploration Ltd. Partnership v. Corine Inc., No. 10-06-00265-CV, 2007 WL 2447293 (Tex. App.—Waco Aug. 29, 2007, no pet.), construed a shut-in royalty clause to determine whether the point in […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Blackmon v. XTO Energy, Inc., 276 S.W.3d 600 (Tex. App.—Waco 2008, no pet.) examines the definition of “production in paying quantities” (“PPQ”) and determines the appropriate remedy for a lessee’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. Exxon Corp. v. Emerald Oil & Gas Co. held that false filings with the Texas Railroad Commission (“TRC”) will generally not support private causes of action for fraud. This […]
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. 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. In re Nueces Petroleum Corp., No. 06-3696, 2007 WL 418889 is a production in paying quantities case. The court held that the lease could only be extended under three […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Moore v. Jet Stream Investments, Ltd., 261 S.W.3d 412 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2008, pet. denied) holds that failure to comply with regulations is not within a lease force majeure clause, but […]
