Charities sued to recover payment for mineral leases
An oil and gas company can sue to recover payments made to two Texas charities for mineral leases after the company discovered that the charities did not own title to the property they purported to lease. The charities thought they had inherited the interests from the estate of a donor. Clere Pearle Geneski provided for the distribution of her residuary estate in equal shares to the Dallas Area Parkinsonism Society and the American Cancer Society High Plains Division. The executors of her estate conveyed all of the estate’s right, title and interest in two properties totaling about 83 acres pursuant to a deed without warranty. Although the oil and gas company wanted a lease from the...
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