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HAMILTON v. MORRIS RESOURCES, LTD.

No. 04-05-00904-CV.

225 S.W.3d 336 (2007)

George B. HAMILTON, III; Hamilton-Encinos Minerals, Ltd.; Sharon J. Hamilton; and Dream Leader Minerals, Ltd.; Appellants, v. MORRIS RESOURCES, LTD.; Florabelle D. Wheat; George Dinn; The Estate of Mary Beth Gregg; Carrie Francis Burton; Dinn Mineral Trusts; Coates Energy Trust; Coates Energy Interests, Ltd.; and EOG Resources, Inc.; Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled April 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baldemar Garcia, Jr., Martha Cigarroa De Llano, Person, Whitworth, Borchers & Morales, L.L.P., Ricardo D. Palacios, Laredo, Frank Armstrong, John C. Heymann, Upton Mickits Hardwick & Heymann, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, Ellen B. Mitchell, Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, San Antonio, for appellants.

John F. Carroll, Law Office of John Carroll, John Christian Amberson, John Christian Amberson, P.C., V.E. Lanfear, Jr., San Antonio, Rolando Cantu, Rolando Cantu & Associates, P.L.L.C., McAllen, Jonathan D. Baughman, Michael B. Silva, Scott S. Cooley, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Houston, Marshall Boykin, III, Lucinda J. Garcia, Wood, Boykin & Wolter, P.C., Corpus Christi, J.G. Adami, Jr., Alice, for appellees.

Sitting: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Chief Justice, CATHERINE STONE, Justice, SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

OPINION

Opinion by SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

This dispute involves the interpretation of several oil and gas deeds executed in the 1920s and 1930s. At issue is whether the deeds resulted in a grant of one mineral estate or a grant of two mineral estates differing in magnitude and duration. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On June 8, 1926, John and Matilda Richardson ("the Richardsons") executed two deeds, each conveying to George H. Coates a ...

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