RAMSEY v. GRIZZLE

No. 06-09-00026-CV.

313 S.W.3d 498 (2010)

Edith Elizabeth RAMSEY, Buck Bryan Ramsey and Optimal Utilities, Inc., Appellants, v. Joe GRIZZLE, Charles Calhoun, and Donna Kay Calhoun, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided May 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Wynne, The Wynne Law Firm, Houston, Robert W. Weber, Smith Weber, LLP, Texarkana, for appellants.

J. Stephen Walker, James R. Rodgers, The Moore Law Firm, LLP, Paris, Sherry P. Thompson, Little, Little, et al., Madill, OK, for appellees.

Before MORRISS, C.J., CARTER and MOSELEY, JJ.


OPINION

Opinion by Justice CARTER.

Very often determining which party has the burden of proof is perfunctory and does not have a great effect. In this case, we believe the burden of proof is crucial.

Buck Bryan Ramsey and his wife, Edith Elizabeth Ramsey,1 became the owners of real property in Lamar County upon which an oil well was located, the well having been drilled pursuant to a pre-existing oil and gas lease (the...

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