Exxon Co. v. Dalco Oil Co.

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This appeal of an order granting summary judgment raises both procedural questions relating to the burden of proof in summary judgment proceedings and substantive issues relating to the obligations of the parties to a uranium lease. Factually, the appeal is complicated by the transfers of interests in and to the mineral rights of a tract of land in Live Oak County, Texas, and the subsequent cross-action filed by the parties. It is the holding of this Court that a genuine issue of material fact remains to be resolved. Accordingly, we reverse and remand the cause of the…