Eagle Oil & Gas Co. v. Shale Exploration, LLC

MEMORANDUM ORDER

Jane Bland, Justice

Shale Exploration, LLC moves to increase the amount of the bond required to supersede the underlying judgment in this case to $16,564,900.22. Shale contends that the trial court abused its discretion in setting the amount of the bond at $10,824,323.42. We deny the requested relief.

I. BACKGROUND

In September 2015, the trial court entered an amended judgment against Eagle Oil & Gas Company and Eagle Wes-Tex (“Eagle”), the judgment debtors, and in favor of Shale. The amended judgment awarded Shale $20,267,216.10, consisting of “$14,300,000 in actual,…