Eastern Energy, Inc. v. SBY PARTNERSHIP

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

This is an accelerated appeal from a temporary injunction that prohibits the appellant from conducting operations in preparation for drilling pursuant to an oil and gas lease, on land owned by the appellee. The appellee sought the injunction when the appellant began to clear forest land and burn timber on the appellee’s land a few days before the end of the primary term of the lease, without having paid the balance of the bonus payment due on the lease.

In its first point of error, the appellant contends that the temporary injunction is void and should be dissolved…