Sasser v. Dantex Oil & Gas, Inc.

DUNCAN, Justice.

We grant appellants’ motion for rehearing and substitute this opinion in place of the original.

Appellants, C. Trebes Sasser, John B. Stevenson, Jr., and James F. Hill, overriding royalty interest owners under a 1974 oil and gas lease, appeal the summary judgment granted in favor of appellees — Dantex Oil & Gas, Inc., the ultimate lessee under the 1974 Lease and the initial lessee under a 1990 lease covering the same acreage; Kinlaw Oil Corp., the ultimate lessee under the 1990 Lease; and Scurlock Permian Corp., the purchaser of the oil produced under the 1990 Lease. For…