MAY v. BUCK

No. 05-09-01501-CV.

375 S.W.3d 568 (2012)

Randall Clayton MAY, Union Energy, Inc., and Lane McNamara, Appellants v. William "Bill" BUCK, Petrox Energy Corporation, Harco Texas, LLC d/b/a/ Harco Tex, LLC, Five Star Exploration, Inc., Alan K. Jasper, M. Dewayne Varnadore, James Fischer, A.P. Merritt, Jr., Midway Exploration, LLC, Haynesville E & P, LLC, and Scott Heape, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. King , Winstead, PC, Ft. Worth, TX, Christopher A. Brown , Winstead, PC, Dallas, TX, for Appellants.

Gary E. Smith , Graham, Bright & Smith, P.C., Kenneth W. Good , David James Bush , Kent, Good, Anderson & Bush, P.C., Tyler, TX, Scott Allen Shanes , Strasburger & Price, Frisco, TX, Jackson H. Ables, III , Danies, Coker, Horton & Bell P.A., Jackson, MS, Todd Andrew Murray , Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Appellees.

Before Justices MOSELEY, FILLMORE, and MYERS.


OPINION

Opinion By Justice MOSELEY.

In a single-issue bench trial, the trial court determined that the property description contained in a letter agreement between appellant Randall Clayton May and appellee William "Bill" Buck did not satisfy the requirements of the statute of frauds. We affirm the trial court's judgment.

BACKGROUND

On January 20, 2005, May, Buck, and appellee Petrox Energy Corporation (Petrox) entered into a letter agreement...

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