CASE OF THE MONTH Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Cabot Corporation v. Brown, S.W.2d , 31 Tex. S. Ct. J. 116 (Text Dec. 9, 1987). Brown, as lessor and royalty owner, sued Cabot, as lessee and […]
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. Mandell v. Hamman Oil Refining Co., S.W.2d (Tex. Civ. App–Houston 1991, ), is another take-or-pay case in which the royalty owner Mandell sought to recover a portion of 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. HECI Exploration Co. v. Neel, 982 S.W.2d 881 (Tex. 1998), is probably the most significant oil and gas case for oil and gas royalty owners in the past decade. It […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust, 268 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. 2008), holds that damages for drainage by hydraulic fracturing are precluded by the rule of capture, when […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Migl v. Dominion Oklahoma Texas Exploration & Production, Inc., No. 13-05-589-CV, 2007 WL 475318 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Feb. 15, 2007, no pet.) examines royalty requirements under implied and express […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. v. Healey, L.P., No. 12-11-00236-CV, 2013 WL 1282007 (Tex. App.—Tyler Mar. 28, 2013, pet. denied) (mem. op.), held that an oil and gas 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. In Hitzelberger v. Samedan Oil Corp. 948 S.W.2d 497 (Tex. App. – Waco 1997, writ denied, motion for rehearing pending), the court finds that an oil and gas lease […]
