Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Headington Oil Co., L.P. v. White, 287 S.W.3d 204 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2009, no pet.), held that interest was not payable on suspended royalties when the size of […]
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 Gavenda v. Strata Energy, Inc., 705 S.W.2d 690 (Tex. 1986), the Supreme Court refused to find division orders a bar to recovery of underpaid royalties. The case arose […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Potts v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. held that the net-back method should be used to determine market value at the point of sale when there are no comparable sales at […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Warren v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. held that the royalty clause of an oil and gas lease permitted deduction of post-production costs incurred by lessee in delivering marketable natural gas from […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. French v. Occidental Permian Ltd. held that royalty owners were required to share in the cost of removal of carbon dioxide (“CO2”) from casinghead gas re-injected for secondary recovery […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Shell Oil Co. v. Ross , 356 S.W.3d 924 (Tex. 2011) held that neither the doctrine of fraudulent concealment nor the discovery rule will toll the statute of limitations […]
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. Hurd Enterprises, Ltd. v. Bruni, 828 S.W.2d 101 (Tex. App. – San Antonio 1992, writ den.) is the second of two related cases addressing the issue of whether a […]
