The Collins mineral lease covers 1131.5 acres in Bienville Parish spread across 10 semi-contiguous tracts.
The lease
Provision 6 of the form lease provides: In the event of cessation of production for any cause following expiration of the primary term, the lessee would be entitled to continue the lease in force by restoring production
In Ageron Energy LLC v. ETC Texas Pipeline, LTD Justice Busby authored a concurring opinion in the denial of a petition for review to the Supreme Court in which he criticized the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals saying it undermines important protections afforded mineral rights owners. To understand this case, see the COA’s
North Dakota surface owners defeated the carbon-storage lobby’s effort to steal their interstices.* In Northwest Landowners Association, et al, v. State of North Dakota et al, a district court declared a portion of the CO2 underground storage statute (NDCC 38-22) unconstitutional because it provides for a government-authorized physical invasion of property, which constitutes a
In Endeavor Natural Gas III, LLC v. Comanche Maverick Ranch Investments, L.P., a Texas court held that operator Endeavor could not conduct seismic operations on lessee/surface owner Commanche’s ranch because the parties’ surface-use agreement allowed such operations ” … only after first entering into a mutually agreed-upon seismic surface use permit
Other than almost burning down the pavilion as a preview of the warmth of collectivism, and constructing a new highway through the diminishing Brazilian rain forest so as to hurry the attendees on to the heavy hors d’ouevre table and the open bar, nothing much, which means a lot. Minor dignitaries, self-congratulatory platitudes, and
In Alcott v. 1893 Oil and Gas, Ltd., a Texas court of appeals applied the scourge of inaccurate, incomplete or careless (sometimes all three!) deed drafting – the statute of frauds – to reject a claim to ownership of minerals.
The facts
In 1917, the owner of 2,092-acres in Live Oak
In EOG. v CNH Enterprise Holdings, Ltd. the Court denied a Texas Citizens Participation Act motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s claim.
CNH sued EOG for termination of the Hundley lease covering 3,500 acres in McMullen County. The claim that drew EOG’s TCPA ire was CNH’s cause of action (in the alternative and among several others
Karli v. Wilson instructs mineral/royalty traders and their scriveners on a surefire way to create title chaos out of what could have been an uncomplicated land transaction. In 1950 the Wilson siblings and spouses executed a warranty deed to the Veterans Land Board for 196.7 acres in Brazos County, Texas. The Karlis now own
For an example of a case gone wrong in so many ways, look no further than Evans Resources LP et al v. Diamondback E & P.
The facts
There were three agreements between several Evans entities and Diamondback for Evans‘ 651 acres in Midland County, Texas: An oil and gas lease allowing pooling with