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THOMSON v. HOFFMAN

No. 21-0711.

674 S.W.3d 927 (2023)

Andrew M. THOMSON, CDG Peeler Family Limited Partnership, Cynthia L. Littlefield, The Dick Family Irrevocable Trust, Gordon G. Thomson, Jane Elizabeth Erzen, Larry Wayne McCarty, Linda M. Ball, Michael David Dick, North Thomson Oil and Gas LP, Patricia P. Fleming, Paul W. Peeler Family Limited Partnership, Sandra Shannon Collins, Shannon Family Trust, Thomson Oil & Gas Investments LP, Coconut Point St, LLC, Coconut Point OE, LLC, Colonial Villa Estates, LLC, Laze Daze KLA, LLC, Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park, Ltd., and R & H Paul, Inc., Petitioners, v. Kent B. HOFFMAN, Susan Hoffman Binieck, E. Peter Hoffman, Jr., and Marni H. Cooney, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: September 1, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Halgren , David M. Gunn , Eva M. Guzman , Paul F. Simpson , Houston, for Petitioners CDG Peeler Family Limited Partnership, The Graves Peeler Heirs.

Bryan R. Haynes , Dallas, for Other interested partys He, Dan, Gu, Tianpeng, Kong, Xiangrui, Chi & Xiao Ltd., Pan, Yujie, J. Liu Property, LLC, Chen, Yu Min, Chen, Ya Miin, LFF Management L.P.

Eva M. Guzman , Houston, Christopher Halgren , Paul F. Simpson , Houston, for Petitioners Collins, Sandra Shannon, McCarty, Larry Wayne, Erzen, Jane Elizabeth, Lazy Daze KLA, LLC, North Thomson Oil And Gas LP, Ball, Linda M., Coconut Point ST, LLC, Thomson Oil & Gas Investments LP, Colonial Villa Estates, LLC, Fleming, Patricia P., Paul W. Peeler Family Limited Partnership, Thomson, Gordon G., Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park, Ltd, Thomson, Andrew M., The Dick Family Irrevocable Trust, Shannon Family Trust, Littlefield, Cynthia L., Dick, Michael David, R & H Paul, Inc., Coconut Point OE, LLC.

Reagan Marble , Peter E. Hosey , Murray J. Fogler , Jasdeep Brar , for Amicus Curiae The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation.

Clinton M. Butler , Karnes City, Sylvia Ann Cardona , Emma Karina Cano , Robert B. Dubose , Houston, Wallace B. Jefferson , Austin, Elizabeth R. Kopecki , Karnes City, Robert B. Dubose , Houston, for Respondent Hoffman, Jr., E. Peter.

Dale Wainwright , Charles R. 'Skip' Watson Jr. , Austin, for Amicus Curiae Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. and BPX Operating Company.

Robert B. Dubose , Houston, Clinton M. Butler , Karnes City, Wallace B. Jefferson , Austin, Emma Karina Cano , Elizabeth R. Kopecki , Karnes City, Sylvia Ann Cardona , for Respondents Hoffman, Kent B., Cooney, Marni H.

Elizabeth R. Kopecki , Karnes City, Emma Karina Cano , Robert B. Dubose , Houston, Clinton M. Butler , Karnes City, Sylvia Ann Cardona , Wallace B. Jefferson , Austin, Robert B. Dubose , Houston, Eva M. Guzman , Houston, for Respondent Hoffman Binieck, Susan.

This case concerns a familiar question of deed construction within the oil and gas context: whether a royalty interest is fixed or floating. A 1956 deed expressly reserved

an undivided three thirty-second's (3/32's) interest (same being three-fourths (3/4's) of the usual one-eighth (1/8th...

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