Marvin Lionel Friddle v. Fred Fisher and Ruth Fisher

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice MOSELEY.

In Hopkins County, Texas, Marvin Lionel Friddle brought suit against Fred Fisher and wife, Ruth Fisher, and Valence Operating Company, Inc., under a claim that Valence had paid royalties on the production of oil and gas to the Fishers that were rightfully owed to Friddle as the holder of a nonparticipating royalty interest (NPRI) to which the Fisher ownership was subject. Friddle’s case against Valence was severed from his case against the Fishers. Friddle and the Fishers filed competing motions for summary judgment. After a hearing, the trial court granted…