ENSERCH CORP. v. HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS CORP.

No. 01-86-0240-CV.

743 S.W.2d 654 (1987)

ENSERCH CORPORATION, Appellant v. HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS CORPORATION, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred H. Ebert, Jr., Lawrence L. Bellatti, Andrews & Kurth (Richard T. Boone, Gregg C. Laswell, of counsel), Andrews & Kurth, Houston, for Enserch.

Lloyd R. Cunningham, Reynolds, Allen & Cook, Robert M. Craig, III, John S. Mathias, Tenneco Oil Co., Houston, for Houston Oil.

Before LEVY, DUGGAN and HOYT, JJ.


LEVY, Justice.

The issue presented here is whether the trial judge correctly determined that the price term in the parties' gas purchase contract provides for the buyer's payment of severance taxes and the buyer's payment of monthly escalations allowed under the Natural Gas Policy Act ["NGPA"]. We hold that, under the particular facts of this case, the trial judge was correct in concluding that the buyer, Lone Star, a division of Enserch Corporation, was contractually...

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