CLAYTON WILLIAMS ENERGY, INC. v. BMT O & G TX

No. 08-14-00133-CV.

473 S.W.3d 341 (2015)

CLAYTON WILLIAMS ENERGY, INC. and Chesapeake Exporation, L.L.C., Appellants, v. BMT O & G TX, L.P., Goliad O & G TX, L.P., WD O & G TX, L.P., Keystone O & G TX, L.P., and Thru Line O & G TX, L.P., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

July 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Kiser , Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, Ryan David Clinton , Davis, Gerald & Cremer, Midland, TX, for Appellants.

Robert Cole Grable , Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP, Fort Worth, TX, for Appellees.

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.


OPINION

In this case, we must decide whether a group of mineral right owners can obtain damages for alleged breaches of a lease's assignment and operation clauses when the lessee, without notice, agreed to "farm out" part of the leasehold to a subcontractor in exchange for drilling services. No party...

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