Richard F. Brown Mission Resources, Inc. v. Garza Energy Trust [166 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi 2005, pet. filed)] imposes $10,000,000 in punitive damages in a case involving subsurface trespass, bad faith pooling, and breach of the implied covenants to develop and to protect against drainage. The case arose in South Texas where […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Transamerican Natural Gas Corp. v. Finkelstein 933 S.W.2d 591, 1996 WL 40010 (Tex. A.P.—San Antonio, August 14, 1996, ) addressed the right of an overriding royalty owner to share […]
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 […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Lyle v. Jane Guinn Revocable Trust, 365 S.W.3d 341 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, pet. denied) held that an oil and gas assignment in which the assignee agreed to […]
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 […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. ERG Resources, LLC v. Merlon Texas, Inc., No. 01-08-01007-CV, 2009 WL 3491049 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 29, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op.), held that an assignment conveying the assignor’s […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Dorchester Gas Producing Company v. The Harlow Corporation, S.W.2d (Tex. App.– Amarillo, No. 0 7-86-0024-CV, July 23, 1987). Dorchester owned the “gas and gas rights” under a section of land […]
