BYERS v. PATTERSON

Lewie BYERS and Forrest Williams, Appellants, v. Jerry PATTERSON, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Texas General Land Office, Chevron USA, Inc., Goldston Oil Corp., Samson Lone Star Limited Partnership, Oxy USA, Inc., Jack Phillips, Gail Mizer, Lee Wallace, Virginia Wallace, Harold Neff & Associates, Inc., Dorice Baker, Bank of America, N.A., Henry Bell, John Allen Bell, Maryhelen Boice, J.R. Brewer, W.M. Burney, Christine R. Butler, James N. Cheatham, William D. Chisum, III, Trustee for Brandon Mathew Chisum and William Dowell Chisum, IV, William D. Chisum, IV, Johnnie Lee Christian, Carey Colley, S.G. Cramer Trust # 1, Benny Duncan, Arlene Duncan, Robert Duncan, Independent Executor of the Estate of Ruth Duncan, Deceased, Larry Elwood, Larry W. Garner, Mary Germann, Joseph A. Harris, Mary Hawkins, Boren Hildebrand, Linda Hoffman, Hopewell Baptist Church, Hopewell Cemetery Association, IPH Minerals, Ltd., Abron Jernigan, Shirley Jernigan, Oscar Jernigan, Shirley Jernigan, Jimx Inc., Russell Johnson, Scott Kittrell, Shaun Kramer, Bill Lowrimore, Mary Lynn Manley, Margarett Jordan Royalties, Steven H. Massey, Johnny Lee May, Shirley Jernigan, Richard A. McBride, Eddie Wayne McFarland, Charles Poling, Paul Poling, Powers Mineral Group, Inc., Quadrille Ltd., Regions Bank, Trustee, Sam Roosth, Suzanne Smith, Chester Strickler, Marie Strickler, Sunshine Trust, The Taurus Corporation, Betty Turman, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee of the Alice M. Good Irrevocable Trust Dated October 21, 1986, Albert C. Williams, Windsor Interests, Dan Chris Woldert, Jr., Thomas Woldert, Lemuel Woods, Martha Watson Yancey, Mary Yancy, Brooks Yates, William Zeigler, Stephen Coleman, John H. Hulsey, James Matthews, Karen Matthews, ExxonMobil Corp., Jerry W. Morris, and Ivy Dickson, Appellees.