Jupiter Oil Co. v. Snow

819 S.W.2d 466 (1991)

JUPITER OIL COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

Gene M. SNOW, Respondent

No. D-0811.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 23, 1991.

Rehearing Overruled January 8, 1992.

Joseph W. Russell, San Antonio, for petitioner.

Dennis G. Sheehan, Richard K. Casner, Fort Worth, William B, Wright, Cisco, David E. Keltner, Craig M. Price, Fort Worth, Christopher A. Griesel, Austin, for respondent.

OPINION

CORNYN, Justice.

This is a suit to construe a mineral deed. Jupiter Oil Company (Jupiter) seeks, in addition to damages, a declaratory judgment to establish its claimed ownership of onehalf of the minerals…