ORCA ASSETS, G.P., L.L.C. v. DORFMAN

NO. 02-14-00056-CV, NO. 02-14-00057-CV.

470 S.W.3d 153 (2015)

ORCA ASSETS, G.P., L.L.C.; Orca/ICI Development; Orca Petroleum, Ltd.; and Allen Berry, Appellants, v. Louis DORFMAN; K.I. Holdings, Ltd.; Sam Myers; J.M.D. Resources, Inc.; Billy Cogdell Bowden; Barbara Standfield; Stacey Dorfman-Kivowitz; Julia Dorfman; Mark Dorfman; David Phillip Cook; Cheryl King Cook; Sam Y. Dorfman, Jr.; Frank Moravits, Individually and as Trustee of the Moravits Children Trust No. 1 and Moravits Children Trust No. 2; Shelby Moravits; and Jerry Kortz, Appellees and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee of the Red Crest Trust, Appellant, v. Louis Dorfman; K.I. Holdings, Ltd.; Sam Myers; J.M.D. Resources, Inc.; Billy Cogdell Bowden; Barbara Standfield; Stacey Dorfman-Kivowitz; Julia Dorfman; Mark Dorfman; David Phillip Cook; Cheryl King Cook; Sam Y. Dorfman, Jr.; Frank Moravits, Individually and as Trustee of the Moravits Children Trust No. 1 and Moravits Children Trust No. 2; Shelby Moravits; and Jerry Kortz, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Overruled September 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Appellants Orca Assets , G.P., L.L.C.; Orca/ICI Development; Orca Petroleum, Ltd.; and Allen Berry : Don Jackson , Jeffrey W. Chambers & Wesley A. Jackson Ware , Jackson, Lee & Chambers, L.L.P. Houston, Texas

Attorneys for Appellees Louis Dorfman ; K.I. Holdings, Ltd.; Sam Myers ; J.M.D. Resources, Inc.; Billy Cogdell Bowden ; Barbara Standfield ; Stacey Dorfman-Kivowitz ; Julia Dorfman ; Mark Dorfman ; David Phillip Cook ; Cheryl King Cook ; Sam Y. Dorfman, Jr.:   G. Michael Gruber , Michael J. Lang & William S. Richmond Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank LLP Dallas, Texas

Attorneys for Appellees Frank Moravits , Individually and as Trustee of the Morayits Children Trust No. 1 and Moravits Children Trust No. 2; Shelby Moravits ; and Jerry Kortz:   John F. Carroll , Jon Christian Amberson & Larissa Janee Hood Jon Christian Amberson, P.C. San Antonio, Texas

Attorneys for Appellant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., As Trustee of the Red Crest Trust: Patrick K. Sheehan , David Jed Williams & Eduardo L. Morales Hornberger Sheehan Fuller & Garza Incorporated San Antonio, Texas, Kevin M. Beiter McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP Austin, Texas

PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; WALKER and MEIER, JJ.


OPINION

In these permissive interlocutory appeals1 that hinge on the effects of a 1929 deed and a 1944 judgment by a district court in Karnes County, appellants Orca Assets, G.P., L.L.C.; Orca/ICI Development; Orca Petroleum, Ltd.; and Allen Berry (collectively Orca), along...

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