UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES COMPANY v. HUTCHISON

No. 98-0445.

986 S.W.2d 610 (1999)

UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Hellen Reasoner HUTCHISON, Milburn E. Nutt, and Susan McRae, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shayne D. Moses, Fort Worth, for Petitioner.

John M. Zukowski, K. Ray Campbell, Houston, for Respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Respondent royalty interest owners sued petitioner Union Pacific Resources Company for tortiously interfering with their royalty interest by causing the termination of the underlying oil and gas lease. The district court rendered summary judgment for Union Pacific, concluding that respondents' action was barred by limitations. The court of appeals reversed, holding that the discovery rule applied to defer the accrual of the respondents' cause of action...

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