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When mineral rights have been severed from the surface rights (or property rights), it is referred to as a "split estate." In a split estate, the owner of the mineral rights has the right to develop those minerals, regardless of who owns the surface rights. This is because in United States law, mineral rights trump surface rights. [5]
Some states, such as Texas, have adopted the “ownership-in-place” theory for oil and gas that landowners own a corporeal possessory interest (similar to a fee simple) in the substances beneath their land, but their ownership is a determinable fee subject to the rule of capture. [8]
Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from Texas's 30th congressional district since January 2023 as a member of the Democratic Party. Her district covers most of south Dallas County, central Dallas, Dallas Love Field airport, and parts of Tarrant County.
The Texas Permanent School Fund is a sovereign wealth fund which serves to provide revenues for funding of public primary and secondary education in the US state of Texas. [2] Its assets include many publicly owned lands within Texas and various other investments; as of the end of fiscal 2020 (August 31), the fund had an endowment of $48.3 ...
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Jonathan Franklin Mitchell (born September 2, 1976) [1] is an American lawyer, academic, and legal theorist [2] [3] who served as the Solicitor General of Texas from 2010 [4] to 2015. He has argued seven cases before the Supreme Court of the United States . [ 5 ]
Over the weekend, civil rights attorney Justin Moore made it official and registered to have his name appear on the ballot as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.
the Mineral Materials Act of 1947, 30 U.S.C. § 601, et. seq., [30] which provides for the sale or public giveaway of certain minerals, such as sand or gravel; the Multiple Mineral Use Act of 1954 (Multiple Mineral Development Act), 30 U.S.C. Ch. 12, [31] which provided for the development of multiple minerals on the same tracts of public land;