FREEMAN v. HARLETON OIL & GAS, INC.

No. 06-16-00034-CV.

528 S.W.3d 708 (2017)

Wayne E. FREEMAN; Freeman Resources, Ltd.; FRM GP, LLC; Frank M. Bufkin, III; Buffco Production, Inc.; Twin Resources, LLC; and Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P., Appellants v. HARLETON OIL & GAS, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Date Decided: July 7, 2017.

Rehearing Overruled August 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Boswell , Boswell & Hallmark, PC, Gene F. Creely, II , Creely Law Firm PLLC, Houston, John R. Mercy , Mercy, Carter, Tidwell, LLP, Texarkana, for Frank M. Bufkin, III; Buffco Productions, Inc.; Twin Resources, LLC.

Barton Cox , Richard S. Krumholz , Norton Rose Fulbright US, LLP, Dallas, Troy A. Hornsby , Miller, James, Miller & Hornsby, LLP, Texarkana, for Wayne E. Freeman; Freeman Resources, Ltd.; FRM GP, LLC.

Brian K. Tully , Jesse R. Pierce , Pierce & O'Neill, LLP, Houston, Collin M. Maloney , Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, PC, Tyler, for Chesapeake Louisiana, LP.

Gregory D. Smith , Smith Legal PLLC, Brent Howard , Howard & Davis, PC, Nolan D. Smith , Ramey & Flock, PC, Tyler, for Appellee.

Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.


OPINION

"In 2008, oil and gas companies descended on east Texas ... seeking to acquire leases to exploit the Haynesville Shale formation, which they viewed as having enormous potential."1 During this frenzied period, Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P. (Chesapeake), entered into a letter...

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