MRC Permian Company/Point Energy Partners Permian LLC; TJ Bar, LLC; Tubb Memorial, an Oregon Limited Partnership; PlainsCapital Bank, Trustee for the Debora Jackson Revocable Trust; Bank of America N.A., Trustee for the Janelle Jackson Marital Trust Part M2, Janelle Jackson Marital Trust Part M1, and Family Credit Shelter Trust Part B; Vortus Investment Advisors, LLC; John Sabia; And Bryan Moody v. Point Energy Partners Permian LLC; TJ Bar, LLC; Tubb Memorial, an Oregon Limited Partnership; PlainsCapital Bank, Trustee for the Debora Jackson Revocable Trust; Bank of America N.A., Trustee for the Janelle Jackson Marital Trust Part M2, Janelle Jackson Marital Trust Part M1, and Family Credit Shelter Trust Part B; Vortus Investment Advisors, LLC; John Sabia; And Bryan Moody/MRC Permian Company

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 9, 2025
• Docket: 08-19-00124-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ————————————

No. 08-19-00124-CV

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MRC Permian Company, Appellant/Cross-Appellee

v.

Point Energy Partners Permian LLC; TJ Bar, LLC; Tubb Memorial, an Oregon Limited Partnership; PlainsCapital Bank, Trustee for the Debora Jackson Revocable Trust; Bank of America N.A., Trustee for the Janelle Jackson Marital Trust Part M2, Janelle Jackson Marital Trust Part M1, and Family Credit Shelter Trust Part B; Vortus Investment Advisors, LLC; John Sabia; and Bryan Moody, Appellees/Cross-Appellants

On Appeal from the 143rd District Court Loving County, Texas Trial Court No. 17-06-869

JUDGMENT The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes there was partial error

in the judgment. We affirm the trial court’s partial summary judgment on MRC’s quasi-estoppel

defense. We affirm in part and reverse in part the trial court’s ruling on the size of Production Units. We render judgment that MRC holds title under the Lease to two Production Units

covering 352 acres in Section 18 and 352 acres in Section 12, as described in its recorded

designation of Production Units. And we remand for an accounting and further proceedings

relating to Appellees/Cross-Appellants’ breach-of-contract counterclaim. We further order that

Appellant/Cross-Appellee and Appellees/Cross-Appellants each pay one-half (1/2) the costs of

this appeal. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 9th day of December 2025.

GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice

Before Palafox and Soto, JJ., and Rodriguez, C.J. (Senior Judge) Rodriguez, C.J. (Senior Judge), sitting by assignment