Posts by Will Mokry
East Texas Business Owner Demonstrates Latest Closing Technology at National Meeting
TYLER, TX (January 21, 2019) ¬¬– East Texas business owner and attorney Celia C. Flowers was one of three early adopters to present to the Large Agents Group of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) in Boca Raton this past week. Celia provided a video of a mock closing, demonstrating how her company, East Texas…
Read MoreFlowers Davis Attorneys Expand Reach to Clients and Communities
TYLER, TX (September 25, 2018) – Two Flowers Davis attorneys have worked to expand the breadth and depth of their practices to better serve their clients. This summer, Melanie S. Reyes was admitted to practice law in the State of New Mexico by the New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners. Reyes, who has been licensed…
Read MoreBail Bond Handbook For Texas Counties
Author: Robert Davis Due to its size and scope, the Bail Bond Handbook is available as PDF. This document requires the PDF Reader to view. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader App. View The Bail Bond Handbook Here
Read MoreJail Litigation: From Class Action Lawsuits To Pro Se Litigation
Author: Robert Davis IMMUNITY As with any claim asserted against a government employee or official, the first line of defense is the affirmative defense of immunity from suit, either absolute or qualified. Consequently, a good understanding of both of these types of immunity is very important to the practitioner. The modern doctrine of immunity, either…
Read MoreHorizontal Wells Crossing Unit Lines – From Permitting To The Division of Royalties
Authors: Celia Flowers & Melanie Reyes The proliferation in horizontal drilling over the last decade has given rise to new, complex legal issues. One area where the law has increasingly lagged behind the technology is in the calculation of royalties for horizontal allocation wells – in particular, the question of the division of royalties from…
Read MoreCost-Free Royalties – Where Valuation Begins and Post-Production Cost Deductions End
Authors: Celia Flowers & Melanie Reyes Texas jurisprudence has long held that the royalty “stick” of the mineral estate is free of production costs. Although the royalty interest is not subject to production costs, royalty is usually subject to post-production costs. Heritage Resources, Inc. v. NationsBank, 939 S.W.2d 118, 122 (Tex. 1996). Nevertheless, parties are…
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