HAMMAN v. BRIGHT & CO.

No. 07-93-0245-CV.

924 S.W.2d 168 (1996)

Henry R. HAMMAN, et al., Appellants, v. BRIGHT & COMPANY, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Opinion Overruling Motions for Rehearing May 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kolodey & Thomas, Tom Thomas, Dallas, Carr, Fouts, Hunt, Craig, Terrill, & Wolfe, L.L.P., Donald M. Hunt, Gary M. Bellair, Terry L. Grantham, Lubbock, Crain, Caton & James, Jerald D. Mize, Houston, for Appellants.

Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins, S. Tom Morris, Wayne Sturdivant, Amarillo, Payne & Vendig, Robert Payne, Frank Honea, Dallas, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., George W. Bramblett, Nina Cortell, Kathy Beasley, Dallas, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., James W. McCartney, Richard H. Page, Houston, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Hugh E. Hackney, Tim M. Wheat, Dallas, Fred M. Lange, Houston, W. Wendell Hall, San Antonio, Ramey & Flock, P.C., Mike A. Hatchell, Tyler, Baylor University School of Law, Prof. Edwin P. Horner, Waco, Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Cecil C. Kuhne, Lubbock, for Appellees.

Before REYNOLDS, C.J., and DODSON and BOYD, JJ.


DODSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. Appellants, the Hammans,1 request that we reverse the trial court's determination that certain oil and gas top leases violate the Texas constitutional rule against perpetuities (the Rule). By cross-points, Bright,2 Shell Western E & P, Inc. (Shell) and Atlantic Oil Corporation (Atlantic), the appellees...

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