NORTH SHORE ENERGY, L.L.C. v. HARKINS

NO. 14-0552.

501 S.W.3d 598 (2016)

NORTH SHORE ENERGY, L.L.C., Petitioner, v. John James HARKINS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: October 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Goldsmith , Karen Ann Bogisch , Mary A. Goldsmith , Goldsmith, Bogish & Chaires, Jane M. N. Webre , John W. Camp , Scott Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Kevin D. Cullen , Cullen Carsner Seerden & Cullen, Victoria, TX, for Petitioner.

Craig T. Enoch , Melissa Prentice Lorber , Enoch Kever PLLC, Austin, TX, David F. Johnson Winstead PC, Fort Worth, TX, John Henderson Bennett , Victoria, TX, Ronald B. Walker , Walker Keeling LLP, Victoria TX, William Guy Arnot III , Law Offices of William G. Arnot, III, Houston, TX, for Respondents.

Rex H. White Jr. , Law Offices of Rex H. White, Jr., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.


PER CURIAM

This case involves the interpretation of an option contract between landowners and an oil and gas company. The parties disagree on the interpretation of the land description in the contract. The landowners contend that the description excluded a 400-acre tract, and the oil and gas company argues that the description included the tract. The trial court held for the oil and gas company on summary judgment...

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