Co-author Rusty Tucker

Jatex Oil & Gas, L.P. v. Nadel & Gussman Permian, L.L.C. presents several teachable moments:

• The Texas Property Owner Rule does not allow a non-expert to testify on matters requiring expert testimony.
• The operator may pay proceeds from a well to the lender to whom the working interest owner made a collateral assignment of net revenues from the well.
• A claim for failure to act as a reasonbly prudent operator for failing to comply with an operating agreement is a contract claim, not a tort claim.

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