Legal Opinion

Union Pacific Resources Co. v. Hutchison

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided April 29, 1999No. 03-98-00257-CVPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.

Union Pacific Resources Company appeals from a judgment recovered by appel-lees Hellen Reasoner Hutchison, Milburn E. Nutt, and Susan McRae 1 after a non-jury trial based on a set of agreed issues and stipulated facts. We will reverse in part the trial-court judgment and render judgment as set out below, affirming that part of the judgment not reversed.

THE CONTROVERSY

In an “Oil, Gas, and Mineral Lease” dated June 24, 1976, William Kirk Morgan and others leased to Hutchison a tract of land in Fayette County comprising an estimated 692 acres. The lessors reserved no executive rights and vested…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Veal v. ThomasonTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Brown v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Jones v. KillingsworthTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Montgomery v. RittersbacherTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Minchen v. FieldsTexas Supreme Court · 1961

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. PYR Energy Corp. v. Samson Resources Co.District Court, E.D. Texas · 2007
  2. PYR Energy Corp. v. Samson Resources Co.District Court, E.D. Texas · 2006
  3. Hellen Reasoner Hutchison, Milburn E. Nutt, and Susan McRae v. Union Pacific Resources Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2001
  4. Hellen Reasoner Hutchison, Milburn E. Nutt, and Susan McRae v. Union Pacific Resources Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2001

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