Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. KCM Financial LLC v. Bradshaw examines the nature of the duty owed by the executive and the executive’s lessee to the non-executive in an oil and gas leasing transaction. Two deeds […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Hooks v. Samson Lone Star, Limited Partnership held that although reasonable diligence should lead to discovery of information in the records of the Texas Railroad Commission (“TRC”), fraudulent filings in 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. Kimble v. Gostecnik held that a deed may by reference to a term interest reserve the same interest upon the expiration of the term for an unlimited term. 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. Bomar Oil and Gas, Inc. v. Loyd, 381 S.W.3d 689 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2012, pet. denied) held an operator was collaterally estopped from disputing a landowner’s royalty interest because […]
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. Amarillo Oil Company v. Energy-Agri Products,_Inc., S.W.2d (Tex. App.–Amarillo, 5/13/87). Amarillo Oil Company owned a prolific-gas well in Carson County which produced gas and no […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Mitchell Energy Corp. v. Samson Resources Co., 80 F.3d 976 (5th Cir. 1996) considers the duties owed by a unit operator which fails to pay unleased cotenants and which fails […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Hudspeth v. Berry, No. 2-09-225-CV, 2010 WL 2813408 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth July 15, 2010, no pet.) (mem. op.), holds that a reservation of a royalty in a 1943 deed making […]
