Legal Opinion

Linda Ann Parrish Richardson and Gary Bruce Richardson, Co-Trustees of the M.C. Parrish, Jr. Testamentary Trust v. Donald Roger Mills

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 8, 2017No. 12-15-00170-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON REHEARING

JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice

The heirs, devisees, and assigns of Robert Lindsay and June C. Harris 1 (Appellants) filed a motion for rehearing. We grant the motion, withdraw our December 30, 2016 opinion and judgment, and substitute the following opinion and a corresponding judgment in their place.

This suit involved the construction of a 1906 instrument pertaining to the minerals under certain property and a 1908 release. The trial court determined that Donald Roger Mills, Rhonda Mills, and Beverly Mills Pool (Appellees) owned an undivided one-half interest in the oil,…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Coker v. CokerTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  2. J.M. Davidson, Inc. v. WebsterTexas Supreme Court · 2003
  3. Frost National Bank v. L & F Distributors, Ltd.Texas Supreme Court · 2005
  4. R & P Enterprises v. LaGuarta, Gavrel & Kirk, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
  5. City of San Antonio v. PollockTexas Supreme Court · 2009

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. BNSF Railway Co. v. Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  2. David H. Melasky & Audrey Melasky v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 2018
  3. In Re: Volt Power, LLC v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2023
  4. Leland House v. David Webb, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Dianne House, and Duncan Webb, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2019
  5. SRO Land & Minerals, LP, Monroe Properties, Inc., MES Land & Minerals, LP, Barry Coates Roberts and George L. Stieren, as Trustees of Coates Energy Trust, Jenny Roberts Schimpff Trust, Catherine G. Roberts Trust, Barry Coates Roberts Trust, Lisa Stieren Hardeman Trust, George L. Stieren Trust, Wendy Stiern Wirth Trust, Kelly Stieren Daniell Trust and Amy E. Stieren Trust, the Allar Company, a Texas Corporation, and Mary Rose Sievers Alonzi and Lucy Annette Sievers, as Trustees of Lucy H. Sievers Trust v. BNSF Railway Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2026

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