GREER v. SHOOK

No. 08-15-00040-CV.

503 S.W.3d 571 (2016)

Deborah J. GREER, Diana Elizabeth Macy, Marvin Greer, Jr. and MAP2004, LLC d/b/a MAP2004-OK, Wolf Bone Ranch Partners LLC, Sapphire Royalties, Inc., Stephen Flanagan, Trustee of the Midland Trust, John G. Harper, John P. Wandel, Jr., Magnolia Royalty Company, Inc., WP Ranches Family Limited Partnership, J.M. Mineral & Land Co., GLML Investments, Ltd., Shawn P. Hannifin, Frances A. Hannifin, Fall River Resources, Inc., Strata Minerals, Inc., Christa I. Leavell and T-Bar Oil and Gas Ltd. and Reg M. Day, as Trustee of the Day Family Trust, Sharon M. Stromberg, Patricia Murphy, Arlene M. Murphy, Trustee of the John Timothy Murphy, Sr., Revocable Trust, Elizabeth Foley Rape, Trustee of the Testamentary Trust f/b/o Whitney Elizabeth Rape Under the Will of John David Rape, Margaret Justine Ballantyne, Elizabeth Ann Martin, FFF, Inc., Joe Marvin Cayton, Appellants, v. Glenn David SHOOK, Charles Joseph Boyd, Sarah Ann Leclerq, Rebekah Lela Prince, Timothy Damron Boyd, Jonathan Mark Boyd, Judith and Richard Cothrun, Trustees of the Cothrun Living Trust, Ruth Dell Sommers and Ruth Cothrun Sommers, Trustees of the Ruth C. Sommers Revocable Trust, Sheila Lucile McCrea, Esq. on Behalf of the Marguerite A. McCrea Trust, as Co-Trustee, Carl A. Crowley, as Executor of the Estate of Annie Lee Crowley, Christopher Lance Trigg, Cecily Trigg Ortenberg, Cameron Leigh Trigg, Lynn D. Hughes, Frazee D. Arledge, Julie D. Canon, Melanie D. Lee, Donna D. Pepper, Robert Hailey, Barry Lee Hailey, John Forrest Griffin and John W. Bush, Co-Trustees of the Bush/Griffin Living Trust, Dated May 1, 1999, Gwedolyn B. Geltemeyer, Jess St. Clair, Guardian of the Estate of Sharon B. St. Clair, Sylvia Ramona Bush and Priest Family Limited Partnership, Edward Lee Clark, as Executor and Sole Heir of the Estate of Chole Clark, Victor M. Jouffrey, Jr., Heir to the Estate of Victor M. Jouffray, Deceased, and Executor of the Estate of Victor M. Jouffray, Deceased, Christine Jouffray, Yakka II, LLC and Yakka Operations, LLC, Chad Smith, Michael McCrea, Victor Chase McCrea III, Jeffrey Reese McCrea and Cynthia Ann McCrea Trueblood, as Co-Trustees of the Barbara McCrea Trust, Desert Partners V, L.P., Judy W. Ogilvy, as Heir and Michael Alex Ogilvy, as Heir and Executor of the Estate of Alex Ogilvy, Deceased, ABH Baxter, LP, Ray Morris, L.W. Benninger, Dave Moody, J.W. Kirby, W.B. Pankhurst, George S. Saleh, R.W. Parks, Mary Kathryn Allman, J. Wallace Hawkins, J.L. Farb, I.E. Hood, Max Manus, Marius Villaret, Annie Lee Crowley, James W. Sandefer, W.H. Lacy, Irvin J. Farb, Ruth Rowland, W.L. Gray, Kathryn Bourque, Clarence Moore, Louise Moore, Rosalie Williams, Harris Clanton, Jr., J.K. Hazlip, Jr., Unknown Heirs of S.P. Hazlip, Unknown Heirs of Pauline Rethmeyer, Paul Celine Robin, Oteka June McFarland, as Executor of the Estate of Charles "Chick" Fair, Deceased, Patricia Shortes Doyal, Independent Administrator of the Estate of John Ocie Shortes, Deceased, Sappington Energy Interests, Ltd., Ray Stoker, Jr., Executor of Claudene Stoker's Estate, Betty Sue Elliot, Gregory Eddings, Executor of Dorothy Hearn's Estate, Harris Roberts Fender, Jr., Milam Sons' Minerals, LLC, Retta Hazlip, Christian C. Wichsel II, James Wallace Hawkins, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

October 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila McCrea , Washington, DC, Walter E. Wilson , Attorney at Law, Ray Stoker, Jr. , Shafer, Davis, O'Leary & Stoker, Jeffrey F. Thomason , Todd, Barron, Thomason, Hudman & Baxter, P.C, Odessa, TX, Erin K. Mai , James T. Thompson , Watt Beckworth Thompson & Henneman LLP, Houston, TX, J. Derrick Price , Blaire Allen Knox , McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP, Debora B. Alsup , Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Mary A. Keeney , Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, Austin, TX, Trent Graham , Pecos, TX, Bruce K. Spindler , Langley & Banack, Inc., San Antonio, TX, John B. Milam , Chelsea, OK, Steve D. Taylor , New Braunfels, TX, James L. Hedrick , Potter Minton, P.C., Tyler, TX, George S. Finley , Smith Rose Finley P.C., San Angelo, TX, Sean C. White , Kemp Smith LLP, El Paso, TX, Bradley Bains , Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, P.C., Midland, TX, Chad Smith , Attorney at Law, Lubbock, TX, for Appellees.

Richard E. Booth , Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, Midland, TX, Patrick G. Rehmet , Law Office of Patrick G. Rehmet, Wimberley, TX, Jake L. Ramsey , Decker Jones, P.C., Fort Worth, TX, Hon. Frank D. Chandler , Law Offices of Linz & Chandler, P.C., Dallas, TX, Andy Carson , Attorney at Law, Marble Falls, TX, for Appellants.

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


OPINION

In this permissive appeal we are asked to construe a 1927 mineral deed. The 1927 deed is only seven paragraphs long, and no party claims it is ambiguous. But, the parties have widely different interpretations concerning what interests the deed conveyed and the size of those interests...

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