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 ...

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 ...

In this appeal we must determine (1) whose royalty interests must bear the burden for two previously reserved nonparticipating royalty interests (NPRIs) and (2) what constitutes a “net mineral acre.” ...

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 ...