Cross Timbers Oil Co. v. Exxon Corp.

BRIAN QUINN, Justice.

Cross Timbers Oil Company (Cross Timbers) appeals from a final summary judgment entered in favor of Exxon Corporation, d/b/a Exxon Company, U.S.A. (Exxon). Through that judgment, the trial court purportedly denied Cross Timbers all relief against Exxon. 1 On appeal, Cross Timbers asserts five issues which effectively attack the trial court’s decision to grant Exxon’s motion for summary judgment while denying its own. We affirm.

Background

Both Cross Timbers and Exxon were successors in interest to two agreements involving the production of oil and gas. The first consisted…