Legal Opinion
Douglas v. Aztec Petroleum Corp.
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided July 25, 1985No. 12-83-0046-CVPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
BILL BASS, Justice.
Our opinion dated May 9, 1985, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted.
Donnie Douglas, individually and d/b/a Blackhawk Production (“Douglas”), filed suit against Aztec Petroleum Corporation (“Aztec”) to enforce a letter agreement between Douglas and Aztec. Under the agreement Douglas claimed he was due an overriding royalty interest in the oil and gas leases he had acquired for Aztec as part of the compensation for their acquisition. Aztec denied liability asserting that Douglas had not completed his services for Aztec in an “honest and…
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