MUSTANG DRILLING, INC. v. COBB

No. 6-90-063-CV.

815 S.W.2d 774 (1991)

MUSTANG DRILLING, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Sam B. COBB, Jr., Trustee, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Overruled September 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Clay Gossett, Wilder, Wilder & Gossett, Henderson, for Brent Wilder.

Carl H. Barber, Bath, Turner & Barber, Henderson, for Texas Meridian Resources, et al.

Jack H. Harper, Ramey, Flock, Jeffus, Crawford, Tyler, for First City Texas-Tyler, N.A.

John H. Minton, Potter, Guinn, Minton & Roberts, Tyler, for Mustang Drilling, et al.

Deborah J. Race, Tyler, for Sam B. Cobb, et al.

Sam B. Cobb, Jr., Sam B. Cobb, Jr. & Associates, Tyler, pro se.

Allen D. Cummings, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland, for Carlson Petroleum and Brazos Co.

Hoyt Johnston, Johnston & Johnston, Palestine, for Lillian Mathison, et al.

Robert Minton, Henderson, for Johny Bagley, et al.

Beverly A. Beaird, Bradford R. Keitt, Donald and Barbara Brightwell, George E. Pickett, J.D. Hariston, Jerry L. Coker, Patricia Thompson, R.M. Ballenger and Scott Crawford, pro se.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and BLEIL and GRANT, JJ.


OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for Sam B. Cobb, Jr. and others against Mustang Drilling, Inc. and others in a suit to interpret a 1933 partition judgment. The pivotal issue presented is whether the 1933 judgment partitioned both the surface and mineral interests in a tract of land, or only the surface. The trial court held that the judgment did not divide any mineral interest in the land. We determine otherwise...

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