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When Contract Language Costs Millions: Court Strikes Down Post-Closing Assignment 'Corrections'

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The court concluded that the underlying sales contracts did not require the seller to assign any particular percentage of its extra working interest, rendering the attempted post-closing corrections ineffective. The sales contracts addressed this extra up-to-5% interest through Section 8.1(iii),

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Who Owns the Void? Oral Arguments at SCOTX Regarding Underground Storage Rights

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The deed severed the mineral estate from the surface estate, with Myers-Woodward LLC (“Myers”) now owning the surface estate and a 1/8th non-participating royalty interest in minerals. 2017), where the Court emphasized that “the surface owner owns and controls the mass of earth undergirding the surface.”

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Who Owns the Empty Space? Texas Supreme Court Affirms Surface Ownership of Salt Caverns in Landmark Ruling

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2017), the Court observed that the mineral estate generally includes the right to "possess the minerals" but "do[es] not include the right to possess the specific place or space where the minerals are located." West, 508 S.W.2d 2d 812, 815 (Tex. " • In Lightning Oil Co. Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC, 520 S.W.3d