Legal Opinion
United Oil & Minerals, Inc. v. Costilla Energy, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided August 31, 1999No. 13-98-319-CV, 13-98-609-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice DORSEY.
Appellant United Oil & Minerals, Inc. (United) attempts to appeal a judgment to which it is not a party, having been earlier non-suited from the action. We hold it has no standing to appeal and dismiss its appeal. As an alternative, United brings a petition for writ of mandamus complaining of the trial judge’s action. We deny the writ.
This case involves the validity of an oil and gas lease, the Simpson lease. Cos-tilla Oil and Gas (Costilla) was the lessee, but farmed out 310 acres to Yuma Petroleum Co., which re-assigned to United. Costilla retained an…
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