Glassell v. Ellis

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

This is an accelerated appeal from an interlocutory order certifying a class action in an oil and gas ease involving allegations that oilfield operator Alfred Glassell breached the implied covenants to prevent drainage and to reasonably develop.

In points of error, Glassell and other working interest owners appeal the trial court’s order that certified a class under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 42 and that appointed J. Ralph Ellis, a royalty interest owner, as the class representative.

This case features a class, which consists of all royalty interest owners in the…