ABELLA v. KNIGHT OIL TOOLS

Nos. 01-95-01242-CV, 01-95-01207-CV and 01-95-01231-CV.

945 S.W.2d 847 (1997)

Alberto Bernhard ABELLA, Jeff Armstrong; Stephen J. Beck; William L. Bell; Terri Bugh; Cabec Energy Corp.; Brian Campbell; Joe F. Canterbury; Milton R. Copeland and L. Annelle Copeland; Conrad Coppedge; Daniel L. Crouch; William L. Crouch; Diamon F. Enterprise, Inc.; Donnell Pipe and Supply Co.; S. Gale Doty; William R. Ealey; Mike Faulkner; Ferrell & Moore; Full Boar Oil Tools, Inc.; Connie L. Gadt; Geological Exploration; Paul A. Gray, Jr.; Mary L. Hagan; Mary C. Harris; Robert F. Harris; A.E. Hassell and Wilma V. Hassell; Clifton L. Holmes; William D. Hughes; Roger Irons; E.M. Key; J.W. King; L & D Properties; Laird Oil & Gas Partnership; Tom W. Landers; William L. Lane; Glen MacConnell or Sandra MacConnell; Dorothy N. Manziel; Nolan Manziel; Eugene M. Massad, M.D.; McLennan Resources; Margaret B. Merritt; Midgap Energy Partnership; Mojo Oil and Gas Co., Ltd.; Dewey Moore; Johnny Moore; Waylon Morgan; Harold L. Myers, III; Donald R. Neumeyer; Peregrine Financial Corp.; Pinwheel, Inc.; David K. Rainey; B.K. Read and Bill V. Read; Ina May Reed and Lloyd A. Reed; Randy Renshaw; L.P. Rigel, III; Ro-Jo, Inc.; Scott Roloff; John B. Seastrum; Keith R. Smith; Lonn R. Spradlin; Robert Keith Stone; Jeffrey W. Streeter; A.R. Sweeney; Tommy Terry; Texavia International, Inc.; Jeffery D. Thomas; Susey Toombs; Tunis Land Venture; Harry Vowell; Scott Vowell; Mat Vansickle; Ronald Weaver; John C. Wessling; and George G. Wight, Appellants, v. KNIGHT OIL TOOLS, Appellee. Richard W. ANDERSON; Stephen J. Beck; Michael Jake Browning; C. Reagan Cassity; Bill Clark; Milton Copeland; Conrad Coppedge; O.W. Craven; William R. Ealey; David R. Erwin; Full Boar Oil Tools, Inc.; Thomas S. Gay; Geological Exploration, Co.; Paul A. Gray, Jr.; Henry Gritter; Mary L. Hagan; Sam A. Hankla; A.E. Hassell; Wilma V. Hassell; Kilgore Tire Center, Inc.; J.W. King; Hilary A. Kruce; Edwin Dureska; L & D Properties; William Lane; Glen MacConnell; Eugene M. Massad, M.D.; Margaret B. Merritt; Merritt Brothers, Inc.; Mojo Oil and Gas Co., Ltd.; Dewey Moore; Johnny Moore; Waylon Morgan; Morgan Exploration Company, Inc.; Stephen C. Nethery; Michael Pavliska; E. Hunt Powell; James A. Powell, Jr.; B.K. Read; Reserve Exploration, Inc.; Donald W. Rhea; Roy B. Sanders; Roy F. Sanders; Scandrill Inc.; Pam Seegers; Robert Keith Stone; Swenke Energy, Ltd.; Duke Turner; Hank Wade; Daniel L. Crouch; Caldwell Hagan; Linda Wade; Henry H. Wade; Charles M. Wilcox; Dick Randell Wood; Woolley Fishing Tool, Inc.; Larry Sanders Trustee; and Texas National Bank, Appellants, v. BAKER OIL TOOLS, a Division of Baker-Hughes Co.; Knight Oil Tools, Inc.; Consolidated Pipe and Supply Company, Inc.; and Beka Drilling Fluids, Inc., Appellee, Michael Jake BROWNING; Bill Clark; Milton R. Copeland and L. Annelle Copeland; Conrad Coppedge; Full Boar Oil Tools, Inc.; Geological Exploration Co.; Kilgore Tire Center, Inc.; J.W. King; L & D Properties; William L. Lane; Eugene M. Massad, M.D.; Mojo Oil and Gas Co., Ltd.; Johnny Moore; Waylon Morgan; Morgan Exploration Company, Inc.; B.K. Read and Bill V. Read; Reserve Exploration, Inc.; Donald W. Rhea; Dave Sanders; Scandrill Inc.; and Jeffery D. Thomas, Appellants. v. BAKER OIL TOOLS, a Division of Baker-Hughes Co. & Knight Oil Tools, Inc., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

April 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Paul Keifer, Dallas, for appellant.

James Sample Robertson, Tyler, for appellee.

Before MIRABAL, HEDGES and HUTSON-DUNN, JJ.


OPINION

MIRABAL, Justice.

These are three consolidated interlocutory appeals from orders appointing a receiver. We affirm.

Plaintiffs are the holders of statutory mechanics and materialman's liens on three oil and gas producing leases and wells. Defendants are working interest owners of the three oil and gas producing leases and wells. Plaintiffs filed suit for foreclosure of their M & M liens...

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