Court Opinion

ID: 9665898
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 00:59:09.982589+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:20.255587
License: Public Domain

ON MOTIONS FOR REHEARING

We have given careful consideration to the motions for rehearing filed in this case. However, with the exception of the motion filed by J.C. Craft and Calvin Ortego, we remain satisfied that our original disposition was correct and overrule all motions for rehearing with the exception of the Craft and Ortego motion.
In our original disposition of the claims against Craft and Ortego, after noting the record showed they last took oil in April 1983, we held any conversion claim by the Rogers Group against Craft and Ortego, which arose prior to April 2, 1983, was time barred. Therefore, they were only liable for any amounts of production they received subsequent to that time. We also noted that Craft and Ortego had disclaimed any interest in the leasehold estate.
In their motion for rehearing, Craft and Ortego have pointed out the portions of the record showing that the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Original Petition, in which they were made parties for the first time, was not filed until August 15,1985. Thus, as we have held the two-year statute of limitations was applicable to any conversion claims by the Rogers Group, and because the record shows that Craft and Ortego did not receive production subsequent to April 1983, the conversion claims against Craft and Ortego were time barred.
Accordingly, Craft and Ortego’s motion for rehearing is granted and our prior judgment is modified only to the extent that it provide that the trial court judgment denying the Rogers Group any recovery against J.C. Craft and Calvin Ortego is affirmed.