ADAMS v. MURPHY OIL EXPLORATION & PROD.

No. 04-15-00118-CV.

497 S.W.3d 510 (2016)

Shirley ADAMS, Charlene Burgess, Willie Mae Herbst Jasik, William Albert Herbst, Helen Herbst, and R. May Oil & Gas Company, Ltd., Appellants v. MURPHY EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION CO.-USA, a Delaware Corporation, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Delivered and Filed: June 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Keeney , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, John B. McFarland , Austin, TX, for Appellant.

Macey Reasoner Stokes , Jason Allen Newman , Jonathan Havens , Bill Kroger , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice, Marialyn Barnard, Justice, Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice.


OPINION

Lessors appeal a traditional summary judgment rendered (1) against them on their breach of contract claim against Murphy, the lessee, and (2) for Murphy on its declaratory judgment action. The parties dispute whether a well drilled on the lessors' tracts satisfies the requirements of the...

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