Mapco, Inc. v. Carter

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This an appeal of a judgment ordering partition and owelty in the division of a mineral estate.

The History of the Case

Clarence Carter, James Ross Carter and Clyde Carter (“The Carters”) filed suit against Mapco Underground Storage of Texas, Inc. (“M.U.S.T.”), and Texasgulf, a corporation, for partition of the mineral estate owned in cotenancy by said parties. They also sued M.U.S.T. for waste arising out of a salt leaching operation whereby M.U.S.T. created a cavern in the salt dome which comprised the mineral estate in dispute for the purpose of storing hydrocarbons.…