Affirmative Defenses Are Insufficient to Rebut the Van Dyke Presumption
Producer's Edge
APRIL 30, 2025
The Eastland Court of Appeals addressed, for the first time, the interpretation of a double-fraction royalty reservation in light of Van Dyke. centered on whether a 1933 deed reserved a floating 1/4 royalty interest or a fixed 1/32 interest. The case ( Boren Descendants v. Fasken Oil & Ranch, Ltd. , LEXIS 8405, at *1 (Tex.
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