Krenek v. Texstar North America, Inc.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This appeal involves an application of the common law “strip and gore” doctrine. Appellants, Victor Krenek and Dorothy Mae Charbula, brought suit against appel-lee, Texstar North America, Inc., alleging that Texstar’s oil well drained their land. The trial court granted Texstar’s motion for summary judgment, finding that appellants had no mineral interest in the drained strip of land. Appellants bring three points of error. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Joe and Louise Krenek, appellants’ parents, owned a 236 acre tract of land in Wharton County, Texas. On March…