CourtListener 10856257•Kevin F. Karli, James W. Dobbs, Margaret E. Dobbs, Henry C. McQuaide, III, Chris H. Hoegemeyer, Kyle W. Hoegemeyer, William H. Hoegemeyer II, Sam Wigington, III, Justin T. Price, Robert Hugh Williams, Gwendolyn S. Williams, Stephanie R. Saculla, John Cody Saculla, Patrick Clarke, Kathryn E. Clarke, and Mary Catherine Davis, Independent of the Estate of Joe R. Davis v. Claude Wilson, Mary Claudene Brewer, Arleigh P. Helfer, Melany Rae Helfer-Hullett, Wendi Rene Hughes, Karen Sue Schaible, John Weldon Allums, Alvin Reese Helfer and Jason Reed Helfer
Kevin F. Karli, James W. Dobbs, Margaret E. Dobbs, Henry C. McQuaide, III, Chris H. Hoegemeyer, Kyle W. Hoegemeyer, William H. Hoegemeyer II, Sam Wigington, III, Justin T. Price, Robert Hugh Williams, Gwendolyn S. Williams, Stephanie R. Saculla, John Cody Saculla, Patrick Clarke, Kathryn E. Clarke, and Mary Catherine Davis, Independent of the Estate of Joe R. Davis v. Claude Wilson, Mary Claudene Brewer, Arleigh P. Helfer, Melany Rae Helfer-Hullett, Wendi Rene Hughes, Karen Sue Schaible, John Weldon Allums, Alvin Reese Helfer and Jason Reed Helfer
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Supreme Court of Texas
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No. 25-1085
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Kevin F. Karli, James W. Dobbs, Margaret E. Dobbs,
Henry C. McQuaide, III, Chris H. Hoegemeyer,
Kyle W. Hoegemeyer, William H. Hoegemeyer II,
Sam Wigington, III, Justin T. Price, Robert Hugh Williams,
Gwendolyn S. Williams, Stephanie R. Saculla, John Cody Saculla,
Patrick Clarke, Kathryn E. Clarke, and Mary Catherine Davis,
Independent Executrix of the Estate of Joe R. Davis,
Petitioners,
v.
Claude Wilson, Mary Claudene Brewer, Arleigh P. Helfer, Melany
Rae Helfer-Hullett, Wendi Rene Hughes, Karen Sue Schaible,
John Weldon Allums, Alvin Reese Helfer and Jason Reed Helfer,
Respondents
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On Petition for Review from the
Court of Appeals for the Eighth District of Texas
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PER CURIAM
This oil-and-gas case involves a deed that uses double fractions
and thus implicates the presumption discussed in Van Dyke v. Navigator
Group, 668 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. 2023). When the court of appeals issued
its decision, it did not have the benefit of our opinion in Clifton v.
Johnson, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2026 WL 705763 (Tex. Mar. 13, 2026). As in
similar cases, and without hearing oral argument, we grant the petition
for review, vacate the judgment of the court of appeals, and remand the
case to that court for further proceedings. See TEX. R. APP. P. 59.1,
60.2(f); Boren Descendants v. Fasken Oil & Ranch, Ltd., ___ S.W.3d ___,
2026 WL 1108688, at *3 (Tex. Apr. 24, 2026).
OPINION DELIVERED: May 8, 2026
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