Shoreham Oil & Gas Company, Inc., a South Dakota, USA Foreign Business Corporation v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00384-CV

Shoreham Oil & Gas Company, Inc., A South Dakota, USA Foreign Business Corporation, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 53RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. D-1-GV-05-000840, HONORABLE ORLINDA NARANJO, JUDGE PRESIDING

O P I N I O N

The State of Texas brought an action against Shoreham Oil & Gas Company, Inc. to recover state funds expended by the Railroad Commission of Texas in plugging a gas well. The district court granted the State's motion for partial summary judgment, finding Shoreham was…