HUNT v. HNG OIL CO.

No. 13-89-189-CV.

791 S.W.2d 191 (1990)

Melvin HUNT and Isabelle Hunt, Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Isabelle Sinclair, Appellants, v. HNG OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled May 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine L. Butler, Margaret A. Harris, Butler & Harris, Houston, for appellants.

John E. O'Neill, Thomas A. Croft, Warren W. Harris, Porter & Clements, Lewis P. Chandler, Jr., Houston, Dean Patton, Morrill & Patton, Beeville, for appellee.

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


OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

This appeal concerns the rights and liabilities of a "good faith" oil and gas trespasser. The Hunts, lessors and appellants, sued HNG, lessee and appellee, for trespass and conversion, claiming damages for HNG's alleged wrongful entry onto their land and conversion of their natural gas. The trial court rendered judgment for HNG after a jury answered all questions favorable to HNG. The Hunts assert twenty-two points of error. We...

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