FLOURNOY DRILLING CO. v. WALKER

No. 13-87-125-CV.

750 S.W.2d 911 (1988)

FLOURNOY DRILLING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mildred Irene WALKER, Independent Executor of the Estate of James G. Walker, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker Ellzey, Alice, for appellant.

Edmond R. McCarthy, Jr., Thomas O. Barton, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

Appellant brings a unique appeal before this Court. The trial court held that notwithstanding the time allowed by statute, the time in which to secure a lien against mineral property terminates automatically with the death of the operator who contracted for the work. We disagree.

The facts are stipulated. James G. Walker was the operator of certain oil field lands. He hired appellant, the Flournoy Drilling Company, to drill...

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