Legal Opinion
French v. Chevron USA, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided March 9, 1994No. 08-93-00110-CVPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LARSEN, Justice.
This appeal involves construction of a mineral deed. Finding the trial court correctly decided the deed in question conveyed a mineral interest with reservation of certain rights, rather than a royalty interest, we affirm.
FACTS
George Calvert owned a 1/32 mineral interest in the Edwards Ranch, 32,808.5 acres in Crane and Ward Counties, Texas. On July 15,1943, Calvert deeded a l/656.17th interest to Capton M. Paul. The deed from Calvert to Paul provided in part:
MINERAL DEED §
GEORGE CALVERT §
TO §
CAPTON M. PAUL §
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Altman v. BlakeTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Watkins v. SlaughterTexas Supreme Court · 1945
- Alford v. KrumTexas Supreme Court · 1984
- Prairie Producing Co. v. SchlachterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1990
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3Cited by10 opinions
- French v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1995
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- Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp. v. Henderson Family Partnership, Ltd.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1995
- Bill Steger & John Seger v. Betty Wilkins & Dyrell Hughes, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1995
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