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Two Decisions by Eastland Court of Appeals on Fraction-of-Royalty Issue

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Another case interpreting a royalty reservation in an old conveyance has been decided by the 11th Court of Appeals in Eastland: Boren Descendants and Mabee Descendants v. Fasken sued the Boren and Mabee descendants in 2019, contending that the 1933 deed reserved a floating 1/4th of the royalty. Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. ,

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Affirmative Defenses Are Insufficient to Rebut the Van Dyke Presumption

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The case ( Boren Descendants v. Between 2013 and 2020, Fasken, as Midland Farms’ successor, signed division orders allocating itself a fixed 1/32 royalty interest, which was paid accordingly. Fasken Oil & Ranch, Ltd. , 11-22-00365-CV, 11-23-00001-CV, 2024 Tex. LEXIS 8405, at *1 (Tex. —Eastland Dec.