eBook details
- Title: Veterans Land Board of the State of Texas v. Lesley
- Author : State of Wisconsin in Court of Appeals District IV
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 85 KB
Description
Appellees own non-executive mineral interests in lands underlying the Mountain Lakes Development, a residential subdivision in Erath County, Texas. They brought this suit against the developer of the subdivision, the property owners association for the development, and the lot owners in the subdivision. Appellees sought declaratory judgment on a number of issues, and they also alleged various claims for affirmative relief against appellants. This case involves two primary issues: (1) who owned the executive rights and (2) did the owner or owners of the executive rights breach a duty to the non-executives. On these issues, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of appellees on their claims that the developer owned the executive rights, that it owed appellees a duty to lease the minerals, and that it breached its duty to lease. In this appeal, appellants challenge the trial courts order granting and denying summary judgment and order denying plea to the jurisdiction. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.