LONDON v. MERRIMAN

No. 13-87-127-CV.

756 S.W.2d 736 (1988)

Dorothy LONDON and McCord Exploration Company, Appellants, v. Dr. George MERRIMAN, Jr., Cornelia Matthews, Beatrice Harris, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Granted in Part and Denied in Part June 23, 1988.

Second Motion for Rehearing Denied August 31, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Harris, J. Norman Thomas, Harris, Browning, Jordan & Hyden, Corpus Christi, Gary L. Crofford, Harpold, McDonald, Fitzgerald & Hall, Houston, for appellants.

Howard P. Newton, Matthews & Branscomb, San Antonio, James L. Walker, Matthews & Branscomb, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

Before NYE, C.J., and UTTER and BENAVIDES, JJ.


OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Dorothy London, asks this Court to determine her rights as lessor under an oil and gas lease, as well as the rights of the non-participatory royalty interest owners (the Merrimans). London appeals from a judgment awarding the Merrimans gas royalties. We affirm.

London owns two adjoining tracts of land and holds the executive right (the right to lease) to all the minerals. She owns a 3/16 royalty interest in...

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