Abella v. Knight Oil Tools

HUTSON-DUNN1, Justice,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent.

First I note that the appellees state in their first amended petition that the “security for its debt [are] the oil and gas leases.” The court’s order provided that the receiver collect the “net proceeds” from the sale of the oil and gas produced from the well. The wording of section 56.003, creating the statutory lien under which appellees claim, does not include oil and gas produced from the well or the proceeds from its sale. A lien attaches only to property specifically mentioned in the statute. Wilkins v. Fecht, 356 S.W.2d 855, 855…