COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

DEBORAH J. GREER, DIANA 

ELIZABETH MACY, MARVIN 

GREER, JR. AND MAP2004, LLC 

D/B/A MAP2004-OK, WOLF BONE 

RANCH PARTNERS LLC, SAPPHIRE 

ROYALTIES, INC., STEPHEN 

FLANAGAN, TRUSTEE OF THE 

MIDLAND TRUST, JOHN G. 

HARPER, JOHN P. WANDEL, JR., 

MAGNOLIA ROYALTY COMPANY, 

INC., WP RANCHES FAMILY 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, J.M. 

MINERAL & LAND CO., GLML 

INVESTMENTS, LTD., SHAWN P. 

HANNIFIN, FRANCES A.

HANNIFIN, FALL RIVER

RESOURCES, INC., STRATA 

MINERALS, INC., CHRISTA I. 

LEAVELL AND T-BAR OIL AND 

GAS LTD. AND REG M. DAY, AS 

TRUSTEE OF THE DAY FAMILY 

TRUST, SHARON M. STROMBERG,

PATRICIA MURPHY, ARLENE M. 

MURPHY, TRHUSEE OF THE JOHN 

TIMOTHY MURPHY, SR.,

REVOCABLE TRUST, ELIZABETH 

FOLEY RAPE, TRUSTEE OF THE 

TESTAMENTARY TRUST F/B/O 

WHITNEY ELIZABETH RAPE 

UNDER THE WILL OF JOHN DAVID 

RAPE, MARGARET JUSTINE 

BALLANTYNE, ELIZABETH ANN 

MARTIN, FFF, INC., JOE MARVIN 

CAYTON,

 Appellants,

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No. 08-15-00040-CV

Appeal from the 143rd

District Court 

of Reeves County, Texas 

(TC # 13-08-20458-CVR) 
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v.

GLENN DAVID SHOOK, CHARLES 

JOSEPH BOYD, SARAH ANN 

LECLERQ, REBEKAH LELA 

PRINCE, TIMOTHY DAMRON 

BOYD, JONATHAN MARK BOYD, 

JUDITH AND RICHARD 

COTHRUN, TRUSTEES OF THE 

COTHRUN LIVING TRUST, RUTH 

DELL SOMMERS AND RUTH 

COTHRUN SOMMERS, TRUSTEES 

OF THE RUTH C. SOMMERS 

REVOCABLE TRUST, SHEILA 

LUCILE MCCREA, ESQ. ON 

BEHALF OF THE MARGUERITE A. 

MCCREA TRUST, AS COTRUSTEE, CARL A. CROWLEY, AS 

EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF 

ANNIE LEE CROWLEY, 

CHRISTOPHER LANCE TRIGG, 

CECILY TRIGG ORTENBERG, 

CAMERON LEIGH TRIGG, LYNN 

D. HUGHES, FRAZEE D. 

ARLEDGE, JULIE D. CANON, 

MELANIE D. LEE, DONNA D. 

PEPPER, ROBERT HAILEY, 

BARRY LEE HAILEY, JOHN 

FORREST GRIFFIN AND JOHN W. 

BUSH, CO-TRUSTEES OF THE 

BUSH/GRIFFIN LIVING TRUST, 

DATED MAY 1, 1999, GWEDOLYN 

B. GELTEMEYER, JESS ST. CLAIR, 

GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE OF 

SHARON B. ST. CLAIR, SYLVIA 

RAMONA BUSH AND PRIEST 

FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 

EDWARD LEE CLARK, AS

EXECUTOR AND SOLE HEIR OF 

THE ESTATE OF CHOLE CLARK, 

VICTOR M. JOUFFREY, JR., HEIR 

TO THE ESTATE OF VICTOR M. 

JOUFFRAY, DECEASED, AND 

EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF 

VICTOR M. JOUFFRAY, 

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DECEASED, CHRISTINE 

JOUFFRAY, YAKKA II, LLC AND 

YAKKA OPERATIONS, LLC, CHAD 

SMITH, MICHAEL MCCREA, 

VICTOR CHASE MCCREA III, 

JEFFREY REESE MCCREA AND 

CYNTHIA ANN MCCREA 

TRUEBLOOD, AS CO-TRUSTEES 

OF THE BARBARA MCCREA 

TRUST, DESERT PARTNERS V, 

L.P., JUDY W. OGILVY, AS HEIR 

AND MICHAEL ALEX OGILVY, AS 

HEIR AND EXECUTOR OF THE 

ESTATE OF ALEX OGILVY, 

DECEASED, ABH BAXTER, LP, 

RAY MORRIS, L.W. BENNINGER, 

DAVE MOODY, J.W. KIRBY, W.B. 

PANKHURST, GEORGE S. SALEH, 

R.W. PARKS, MARY KATHRYN 

ALLMAN, J. WALLACE HAWKINS, 

J.L. FARB, I.E. HOOD, MAX 

MANUS, MARIUS VILLARET, 

ANNIE LEE CROWLEY, JAMES W. 

SANDEFER, W.H. LACY, IRVIN J. 

FARB, RUTH ROWLAND, W.L. 

GRAY, KATHRYN BOURQUE, 

CLARENCE MOORE, LOUISE 

MOORE, ROSALIE WILLIAMS, 

HARRIS CLANTON, JR., J.K. 

HAZLIP, JR., UNKNOWN HEIRS OF 

S.P. HAZLIP, UNKNOWN HEIRS 

OF PAULINE RETHMEYER, PAUL 

CELINE ROBIN, OTEKA JUNE 

MCFARLAND, AS EXECUTOR OF 

THE ESTATE OF CHARLES 

“CHICK” FAIR, DECEASED, 

PATRICIA SHORTES DOYAL, 

INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR 

OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN OCIE 

SHORTES, DECEASED, 

SAPPINGTON ENERGY 

INTERESTS, LTD., RAY STOKER, 

JR., EXECUTOR OF CLAUDENE 

STOKER’S ESTATE, BETTY SUE 

ELLIOT, GREGORY EDDINGS, 

EXECUTOR OF DOROTHY 

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HEARN’S ESTATE, HARRIS 

ROBERTS FENDER, JR., MILAM 

SONS’ MINERALS, LLC, RETTA 

HAZLIP, CHRISTIAN C. WICHSEL 

II, JAMES WALLACE HAWKINS,

 Appellees.

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J U D G M E N T

The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes there was no error in the 

judgment. We therefore affirm the judgment of the court below. We further order that 

Appellees recover from Appellants all costs in this Court. This decision shall be certified below 

for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 19TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016.

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.