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LESLEY v. VETERANS LAND BD. OF STATE

No. 09-0306.

352 S.W.3d 479 (2011)

Betty Yvon LESLEY, et al., Petitioners, v. VETERANS LAND BOARD OF the STATE of Texas, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 26, 2011.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Tighe , Charles Christopher Aycock , Susan R. Richardson , Robert C. Bledsoe , David Wayne Lauritzen , Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, P.C., Harold Leroy Hensely Jr. , Joseph A. Baker , Hinkle Hensley Shanor & Martin LLP, Midland, TX, for Betty Yvon Lesley.

Priscilla M. Hubenak , David Preister , Barbara Bryant Deane , Assistant Attorney General, David S. Morales , Attorney General Greg W. Abbott , William (Bill) J. Cobb III , Office of the Attorney General of Texas Environmental Protection & Admin Law, Clarence Andrew Weber , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Daniel T. Hodge , First Asst. Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Veterans Land Board of the State of Texas (VLB).

James P. McGowen , McGowen & Shaw PLLC, Donald Prichard Bevis Jr. , Law Office of Prichard Bevis, Dallas, TX, for Bauer & Christine L. Johnson.

Stephen Edward Haynes , Darrell E. Haynes , Haynes Law Firm, P.C., Brownwood, TX, Byron L. Woolley , Simpson Woolley LLP, Dallas, TX, Robert J. Glasgow , Glasgow, Taylor, Isham & Glasgow, PC, Granbury, TX, Lawrence I. Fleishman , Attorney at Law, Ennis, TX, for Landowner.

David C. McCue , Mary Therese Sullivan , McCue Pauley & Associates PC., Dallas, TX, for Rebecca Ginn.

Amy Mayo McLin , Law Office of Amy M. McLin, P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Ann S. Mayo.

Darrell E. Haynes , Haynes Law Firm, P.C., Brownwood, TX, for Kevin M. McDermott.

Katherine D. Woodruff , Smith and Woodruff, Houston, TX, for Angela Meierhofer.

Sharon E. Callaway , Michael J. Murray , Crofts & Callaway, P.C., Matthew D. Bradley , Pipkin, Oliver & Bradley, LLP, Brian Conway Hamilton , Zachry Industrial, Inc., Thomas H. Crofts Jr. , Crofts & Callaway, P.C., Laura H. Burney , Law Offices of Laura H. Burney, San Antonio, TX, for Bluegreen Southwest One, L.P.

Steven R. Shaver , Steven R. Shaver, PC, Sunnyvale, TX, Michael T. Donohue , for Chandler & Ken.

Bruce M. Kramer , McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Houston, TX, pro se.

Maston C. Courtney , Courtney, Countiss, Brian & Bailey, L.L.P., Amarillo, TX, pro se.

Larry Grady Borella , Texas General Land Office, Austin, TX, for Texas General Land Office.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, Justice WILLETT, Justice GUZMAN, and Justice LEHRMANN joined.

The right to lease minerals—the executive right—is one "stick" in the bundle of five real property rights that comprise a mineral estate.1 We held long ago that the executive owes other owners...

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