Exploration Co. v. Vega Oil & Gas Co.

OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action alleging that certain oil and gas leases were renewals and extensions of prior leases, entitling appellant to an overriding royalty interest in the current leases. In two points of error, appellant claims that the trial court erred in granting appellee’s motion for summary judgment and in awarding attorney’s fees to appellee. We affirm.

This suit concerned three oil and gas leases from Lewis B. Davenport et ux, Charles Y. Thompson et ux, and Erwin Winkelmann et ux. These leases, among others, were…