The question presented in Aaron v. Fisher et al: Did mineral deeds bestow separate property upon the grantees by gift, or did they convey a community property interest to the grantees and their ...

How to distinguish an oil and gas lease from a mineral deed? In Richardson v. Mills, it was a deed when the instrument uses words like “forever” and imposes no duty to explore for and develop minerals ...

This is an appeal from an order granting a plea to the jurisdiction. It involves a dispute over who owns the causes of action for fraud and negligent misrepresentation that arise from the leasing of ...

In this dispute over the division of property in a divorce decree, we must decide whether the trial court impermissibly reclassified an asset originally divided in a 1981 divorce decree. For the ...

Texas law splits land rights into two categories: surface estates and mineral estates. In places where oil and gas activity has been common, this makes sense. The mineral rights to a given amount of ...

Dear Mr. Premack: I own mineral rights to Texas property but do not own the property itself. I’m 80 years old and may need to go in a Texas nursing home, eventually need to apply for Medicaid. How can ...