BP AMERICA PRODUCTION CO. v. ZAFFIRINI

No. 04-11-00550-CV.

419 S.W.3d 485 (2013)

BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. Carlos M. ZAFFIRINI Sr., Dolores Angelina De la Garza, Clarissa De La Garza, Cristina Lorena Benavides, Servando Roberto Benavides, Delia Hilda Benavides Martinez, Maria Eugenia Benavides Gutierrez, Las Tinajas Minerals, Ltd., and Diana Benavides Solis, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

August 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donato D. Ramos Jr., Law Offices of Donato D. Ramos, Laredo, TX, Stephen G. Tipps, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellant.

Carlos M. Zaffirini Sr.,   Guadalupe Castillo, Zaffirini & Castillo, James K. Jones Jr.,   Adan Gonzalez, Jones & Gonzalez, P.C., Laredo, TX, Patton G. Lochridge, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Appellees.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Chief Justice, SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice, and PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ, Justice.


OPINION

Opinion by: PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from the trial court's judgment denying Appellant's motions for summary judgment and granting Appellees' motions for summary judgment in a suit involving the construction of an oil and gas lease. Appellant BP America Production Company executed two separate leases to produce oil and gas from the same mineral estate in Webb County. When a dispute arose over one of the leases, BP filed a declaratory...

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