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Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
Richard F. Brown   The following is not a legal opinion.  You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you.   Royalco Oil & Gas Corp. v. Stockhome Trading Corp., 361 S.W.3d 725 (Tex. App.–Fort Worth 2012, no pet.) held that a salt water disposal lease was not a mineral […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
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 […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
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 […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
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, S.W.2d (1991) [See The PPROA Pipeline, Volume 61, No. 12 (December 1990), for Case Note on Civil Appeals opinion], overrules Alford v. Krum, 671 S.W.2d […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
Richard F. Brown   The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you.  MINERAL RIGHTS   Recently there have been some mailouts to landowners, enclosing a bank draft, for the purchase of term royalty interest. This is very different from an oil and […]

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
Richard F. Brown   The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you.  Steger v. Muenster Drilling Co., Inc., 134 S.W.3d 359 (Tex. App.–Fort Worth 2003, pet. denied) holds that a life tenant could grant oil and gas leases that extended beyond the […]

Monday, August 31st, 2015
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Sun-Key Oil Company, Inc. v. Whealy, No. 2-06-198-CV, 2006 WL 3114466 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2006, no pet.) holds that a conveyance of a certain number of acres out of a larger […]