Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Boldrick v. BTA Oil Producers, 222 S.W.3d 672 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2007, no pet.), holds that an overriding royalty interest subject to an operating agreement (“JOA”) and burdening a non-consenting interest […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Indian Oil Co., LLC v. Bishop Petroleum Inc., 406 S.W.3d 644 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2013, pet. denied) held that in the absence of an express or implied release, […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Coe v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., 695 F.3d 311 (5th Cir. 2012), held that a purchase and sale agreement was a valid and binding contract under the statute of frauds […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. May v. Buck, 375 S.W.3d 568 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2012, no pet.) held that a property description contained in a letter agreement did not satisfy the statute of frauds […]
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 ExxonMobil Corporation v. Valence Operating Company, 174 S.W.3d 303 (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.] 2005, pet. filed), holds the operator liable for substantial damages for breach of the uniform maintenance of interest (“MOI”) provision of the parties’ joint operating agreement (“JOA”). The MOI provision was the typical form JOA provision found in […]
Richard F. Brown EOG Res., Inc. v. Wagner & Brown, Ltd., 202 S.W. 3d 338 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2006, pet. filed), construes the meaning of a farmout agreement depth limitation expressed as “the deepest producing interval as obtained in the test well”. Farmor retained the deep rights under a provision in the farmout agreement which […]
