MOBIL OIL CORPORATION Co2 LP v. Co2 LP (2001)

Court of Appeals of Texas,Fort Worth.

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION;  Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico, Inc.;  Mobil Cortez Pipeline, Inc.;  Cortez Pipeline Company;  Shell Cortez Pipeline Company;  Shell Co2 Company, Ltd.;  Shell Oil Company;  Shell Western E & P, Inc.;  and Swepi LP, Appellants, v. Gary H. SHORES, John W. Barfield, and Frank Gibson, in their Representative Capacities as Co-Trustees of the Alicia L. Bowdle Trust;  William G. Kemp and Marie J. Bench, in their Representative Capacities as Co-Trustees of the Bernard M. Bench Family Trust;  Bonnie Lynn Whiteis, Individually;  William C. Armor, Jr., Individually;  and the Class of all Overriding Royalty Interest Owners, from August 24, 1982 to Date Under Leases to Defendants in any Oil, Gas, or Mineral Property that Became Unitized by Virtue of the McElmo Dome Unit Agreement, Appellees. IN RE: Mobil Oil Corporation;  Mobil Producing Texas And New Mexico, Inc.;  and Mobil Cortez Pipeline, Inc., Relators. In re Shell Cortez Pipeline Company;  Shell Co2 Company, Ltd.;  Shell Oil Company;  Shell Western E & P, Inc.;  and Swepi LP, Relators.

Nos. 2-00-430-CV, 2-01-072-CV, 2-01-075-CV.

Decided: April 05, 2001