Legal Opinion
Blackmon v. XTO Energy, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided December 10, 2008No. 10-07-00345-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FELIPE REYNA, Justice.
David Blackmon, Rebecca Blackmon Reed, and Jay Harlan (collectively the “Blackmons”) filed a declaratory judgment action against XTO Energy, Inc. alleging that an oil and gas lease held by XTO had expired because the well was shut in. The Blackmons also sought an accounting for allegedly unpaid royalties. The court granted XTO’s summary-judgment motion premised primarily on the grounds that: (1) the lease did not terminate because the well remained capable of producing in paying quantities while it was shut in; and (2) the Blackmons’ predecessors-in-interest had…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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