Legal Opinion
Shane and Kristie Trahan v. Jimmy and Peggy Mettlen
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided April 9, 2014No. 06-13-00130-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice CARTER.
Shane and Kristie Trahan bought 22.61 acres of land (the Property) from Jimmy and Peggy Mettlen. Sometime after the real estate transaction was completed, a dispute arose over ownership of the mineral interests in the Property. The Mettlens claimed that they retained ownership of the mineral interests, and the Trahans claimed that the interests were, or at least should have been, conveyed as part of the sale/purchase transaction. The Trahans ultimately filed a lawsuit in December 2010, more than four years after the real estate transaction closed, in an effort…
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