Hulsey v. Keel

OPINION

STOREY, Justice (Assigned).

The principal questions presented for decision by this appeal are, first, whether an earlier judgment entered in the case was a final judgment, and, second, whether the trial court erred in refusing to order a partition of a producing oil and gas lease. We will hold that the earlier judgment was a final, appealable judgment, and that the refusal to order partition was proper. Consequently, we will affirm.

The case experienced a lengthy career in the trial court. A period of about 14 years elapsed from the date of the original filing to the date of the judgment…