BANK OF AMERICA v. PRIZE ENERGY RESOURCES

No. 04-13-00201-CV.

510 S.W.3d 497 (2014)

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Trustee of Bettye Baker Brown Trust, u/w, f/b/o William David Deiss, Trustee of Bettye Baker Brown Trust u/w, f/b/o Dianne Elizabeth Mysliwiec, Trustee of Bettye Baker Brown Trust, u/w, f/b/o Paula Jane Roberts, Trustee of Bettye Baker Brown Trust, and Baker E. Shaw, as Trustee of Dorothy Ann Roos Testamentary Trust, Appellants v. PRIZE ENERGY RESOURCES, L.P., Prize Operating Company, Gruy Petroleum Management Company n/k/a Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado, Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc., Cimarex Energy Co., Hunter Gas Gathering, Inc., Pat R. Rutherford Jr., Michael G. Rutherford, Stevan D. Rutherford, Patrick R. Rutherford, III, David Traylor Rutherford, John Richard Rutherford, Mary Elizabeth Rutherford, Paul Maroney Rutherford, Michael G. Rutherford, Jr., Sally Ann Rutherford, and Rutherford Oil Co., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

August 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen B. Mitchell , James M. Truss , Cox Smith Matthews Inc., James L. Drought , James W. Carter, IV , Drought, Drought & Bobbitt, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, Geoffrey H. Bracken , Gardere Wynne Sewell L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Craig A. Haynes , Scott Patrick Stolley , Thompson & Knight LLP, Dallas, TX, Robin Clay Hoblit , Hoblit Ferguson Darling, Corpus Christi, TX, for Appellees.

Sitting: MARIALYN BARNARD, Justice, REBECA C. MARTINEZ, Justice, PATRICIA O. ALVAREZ, Justice.


OPINION

This case stems from a dispute over the effects of the termination of an oil, gas, and mineral lease and a joint operating agreement (JOA). The lease in question, the Baker Lease, is located in McMullen County. The Baker Trusts, represented by Bank of America, and the Rutherfords

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