pjc-oil-and-gas-2022-lib

Subject Index

Title dispute, 312.20 Trade custom (contract), 305.20 Trespass damages, 313.11, 313.12 existence, 302.4 good faith, 313.10, 313.11

unreasonable deductions, 313.16 untimely payment, 303.5, 312.20

S Savings clauses, 303.13 Scrivener’s error (contract), 312.10 reformation, 305.5 Settlement offers, refusal to accept and mitigation of damages, 313.25 Severed groundwater estate, 302.3 Shut-in royalty clause, 303.13, 303.23 Shut-in well, 303.24 Silence and equitable estoppel, 312.6 Spoliation, 300.14 Statute of frauds (promissory estoppel), 305.23, 312.17 description of land, 312.17 Statute of limitations, 312.18 Substantial performance, quantum meruit, 305.24 Subsurface trespass, 302.4 Surface estate accommodation of use by owner, 302.3 defining, 302.2 reasonable use by lessee, 302.1, 302.2 T Temporary vs. permanent injury, 313.5, 313.6 Testimony, 300.7 Texas Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, 312.17 Third-party beneficiaries, 305.22 Time of compliance (contract), 305.14, 312.2

U Unanimous answer, exemplary damages, 300.4 Undue influence (contract), 312.8 Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) anticipatory repudiation, 312.3 good-faith obligation, 305.3A time of compliance, 305.14 Unilateral mistake (contract), 312.9 Unjust enrichment, 305.26 Unreasonable use of surface estate. See Reasonable use of surface estate Use, loss of, 313.5, 313.7

V Vertical well, 313.12 Voir dire, 300.1 Voluntary payment, 305.25

W

Waiver contracts, 305.10, 312.4 estoppel, distinguished, 312.4 Waste, 302.8, 302.9 damages, 302.8 reasonably prudent operator defense, 302.9 Well completion clause, 303.13

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