Legal Opinion
Santa Fe Petroleum, L.L.C. v. Star Canyon Corp.
Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)
Decided December 30, 2004No. 12-03-00403-CVPublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.
Appellants Santa Fe Petroleum, L.L.C., TexTron Southwest, L.L.C., and Southwest Land and Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (collectively “Santa Fe”) appeal the trial court’s judgment, which awarded a one percent overriding royalty interest in various Shelby County mineral leases to Star Canyon Corporation, as well as money damages and attorney’s fees. Santa Fe raises six issues on appeal. We affirm.
Background
Santa Fe hired Sam Embras to organize a mineral development program for it in the James Lime Horizontal Gas Project in Shelby County (the “James Lime”).…
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