PBEX II, LLC v. DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.

No. 07-21-00212-CV.

670 S.W.3d 374 (2023)

PBEX II, LLC; PBEX Operations, LLC; PBEX Operating, Ltd.; Word B. Wilson Investments, LP; Primero Energy, LLC; Chel-Trand Holdings, LLC; WPW Permian LLC; CBS Permian, LLC; and Torch Oil & Gas Company, Appellants v. DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P. and Dorchester Minerals Operating, L.P., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

April 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan D. Clinton , Jacob M. Davidson , Austin for Appellants CBS Permian, LLC, WPW Permian LLC, Chel-Trand Holdings, LLC, Primero Energy, LLC, Word B. Wilson Investments, LP.

Danica L. Milios , Austin, Barry F. Cannaday , Houston, for Appellant Torch Oil & Gas Company.

Andrew Harper Estes , Rachelle H. Glazer , Dallas, Randall L. Rouse , Midland, Craig A. Haynes , Dallas, Melissa Davis , for Appellees Dorchester Minerals, L.P., Dorchester Minerals Operating, L.P.

Michael T. Morgan , Midland, Ryan D. Clinton , Jacob M. Davidson , Austin, for Appellants PBEX II, LLC, PBEX Operating, Ltd.

Ryan D. Clinton , Jacob M. Davidson , Austin, Michael T. Morgan , Midland, for Appellant PBEX Operations, LLC.

Before QUINN, C.J., and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.


OPINION

This appeal addresses the issue of whether a non-operating working interest in an oil and gas lease may be adversely possessed. The trial court held Dorchester1 adversely possessed a working interest in an oil and gas lease. For more than a quarter of a century, Dorchester...

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