Legal Opinion
Mapco, Inc. v. Carter
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 23, 1991No. D-1197PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Per curiam
We consider whether a judgment may be entered against a party not before the trial court. We conclude that it may not.
Clarence, James Ross, and Mrs. Clyde Carter (Carters), Mapco Underground Storage of Texas, Inc. (MUST) and Texasgulf, Inc. (Texasgulf) owned, in undivided interests, a 126.378-acre mineral estate (⅝⅛ by the Carters, %’s by Texasgulf, and ⅛ by MUST). MUST owned the surface estate in its entirety. MUST created an underground cavern on a portion of the tract from a salt dome formation to store natural gas and other hydrocarbons. The Carters sued MUST for waste and sought a…
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