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Trevor Rees-Jones, Trustee for Atkins Petroleum Corp. v. Trevor Rees-Jones, Trustee for Apache Services, Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)

Decided December 5, 1990No. 08-90-00058-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

OSBORN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered for lien claimants against the mineral leasehold interest of the Appellants as the result of services rendered and equipment furnished in the drilling of oil and gas wells on the Cowden Leases in Upton County, Texas. We affirm.

The first issue the Court must decide is whether the lien claimants, whose interest is represented by the Trustee as Appellee, are mineral contractors or mineral subcontractors as those terms are defined in Chapter 56 of the Texas Property Code. The answer to that question will then control…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Harris v. RoweTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Tanenbaum v. Economics Laboratory, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1982
  3. University Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Security Lumber Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Ayco Development Corp. v. G. E. T. Service Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1981
  5. The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. Lucey Products CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. v. Heritage Consolidated, L.L.C. (In Re Heritage Consolidated, L.L.C.)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
  2. Bandera Drilling Co. v. LavinoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Acme Energy Services, Inc. D/B/A Big Dog Drilling v. Sandra H. Staley, Individually as Independent of the Estate of George G. Staley, and as Trustee of the Tax Free Trust for Sandra H. Staley, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2019
  4. Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. v. Sandra H. Staley, Individually as Independent of the Estate of George G. Staley, and as Trustee of the Tax Free Trust for Sandra H. Staley, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2019
  5. Acme Energy Services, Inc. D/B/A Rig Movers Express v. Sandra H. Staley, Individually as Independent of the Estate of George G. Staley, and as Trustee of the Tax Free Trust for Sandra H. Staley, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2019

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