Court Opinion

ID: 9408560
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-13 07:08:40.109385+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:44.908410
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COURT OF APPEALS
                              EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                   EL PASO, TEXAS

 SCOTT W. JOHNSON and FLORENCE                 §
 H. CUMMINGS,
                                               §
              Appellants/ Cross-Appellees,
                                               §
 v.                                                            No. 08-22-00132-CV
                                               §
 CALE ANDREW CLIFTON,                                             Appeal from the
 CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW CLIFTON,                  §
 PAMELA PARKER CLIFTON, COG                                 143rd Judicial District Court
 OPERATING, LLC, DESERT                        §
 PARTNERS IV, LP, KELLI CLIFTON                              of Reeves County, Texas
 GOSSMANN, LAMBERT LAND CO.,                   §
 LLC, KMF LAND, LLC, McCAMEY                                 (TC# 20-07-23609-CVR)
 FARM & RANCH, L.P., KATHY                     §
 PARKER in her Capacity as Independent
 Executor of the Estate of J. LOYD             §
 PARKER, III, SPRINGWOOD
 MINERAL 4, LP, ROBIN LEE YOUNG,               §
 YOUNG OIL AND GAS, LP and LAKE
 RANCH, LP,                                    §

               Appellees/Cross-Appellants.     §

                                     JUDGMENT

       The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes there was error in the

judgment. We therefore reverse the trial court’s order granting Appellees’ motions for summary

judgment, issuing a take-nothing judgment on Appellants’ claims, and interpreting the Cornell
Deed as conveying a fixed 1/128th interest to the Grantees. We render judgment in favor of

Appellants, finding them entitled to a floating 1/16th royalty interest on their claim for a

declaratory judgment. We remand the case for further proceedings on Appellants’ remaining

claims for relief.

        We further order that Appellants recover from Appellees all costs of appeal for which let

execution issue. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

        IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 10TH DAY OF JULY, 2023.

                                             LISA J. SOTO, Justice

Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, JJ.