Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Dupnik v. Hermis, No. 04-12-00417-CV, 2013 WL 979199 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Mar. 13, 2013, pet. denied) held that a conveyance of the surface only was effective to reserve 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. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. v. BNW Prop. Co., 393 S.W.3d 852 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2012, pet. denied), held that Grantor’s express conveyance by deed of his 3/9 mineral interest, with […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Richmond v. Wells, 395 S.W.3d 262 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2012, pet. denied), held that the rights to ownership of the non-possessory interests of a lessor under 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. Coates Energy Trust v. Frost Nat. Bank, No. 04-11-00838-CV, 2012 WL 5984693 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Nov. 28, 2012, pet. denied) held that the inconsistent provisions of a three- part […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Dodd v. Wiatrek, No. 04-11-00829-CV, 2012 WL 5354730 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Oct. 31, 2012, pet. denied) (mem. op.), strictly construed a deed reservation to hold that a royalty reservation […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Greenwood v. Lee held that an “easement and right-of-way” was limited to a means of ingress and egress only. Clanton owned a 10-acre tract of land in Brazos County, […]
Richard F. Brown The following is not a legal opinion. You should consult your attorney if the case may be of significance to you. Moore v. Noble Energy, Inc., 374 S.W.3d 644 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2012, no pet.), held that a reservation clause that reserved to Grantor “a one-half non-participating royalty interest (one-half […]
