HECI Exploration Co. v. Neel

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1999-02-04

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OWEN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a suit by royalty owners against their lessee. The court of appeals reversed in part a summary judgment for the lessee, holding that an oil and gas lease includes an implied covenant that a lessee will notify royalty interest owners (1) of the need to sue an operator on an adjoining lease for damage to the common reservo…

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