SRO Land & Minerals, LP, Monroe Properties, Inc., MES Land & Minerals, LP, Barry Coates Roberts and George L. Stieren, as Trustees of Coates Energy Trust, Jenny Roberts Schimpff Trust, Catherine G. Roberts Trust, Barry Coates Roberts Trust, Lisa Stieren Hardeman Trust, George L. Stieren Trust, Wendy Stiern Wirth Trust, Kelly Stieren Daniell Trust and Amy E. Stieren Trust, the Allar Company, a Texas Corporation, and Mary Rose Sievers Alonzi and Lucy Annette Sievers, as Trustees of Lucy H. Sievers Trust v. BNSF Railway Company

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedOctober 30, 2024
Docket08-24-00347-CV
StatusPublished

This text of SRO Land & Minerals, LP, Monroe Properties, Inc., MES Land & Minerals, LP, Barry Coates Roberts and George L. Stieren, as Trustees of Coates Energy Trust, Jenny Roberts Schimpff Trust, Catherine G. Roberts Trust, Barry Coates Roberts Trust, Lisa Stieren Hardeman Trust, George L. Stieren Trust, Wendy Stiern Wirth Trust, Kelly Stieren Daniell Trust and Amy E. Stieren Trust, the Allar Company, a Texas Corporation, and Mary Rose Sievers Alonzi and Lucy Annette Sievers, as Trustees of Lucy H. Sievers Trust v. BNSF Railway Company (SRO Land & Minerals, LP, Monroe Properties, Inc., MES Land & Minerals, LP, Barry Coates Roberts and George L. Stieren, as Trustees of Coates Energy Trust, Jenny Roberts Schimpff Trust, Catherine G. Roberts Trust, Barry Coates Roberts Trust, Lisa Stieren Hardeman Trust, George L. Stieren Trust, Wendy Stiern Wirth Trust, Kelly Stieren Daniell Trust and Amy E. Stieren Trust, the Allar Company, a Texas Corporation, and Mary Rose Sievers Alonzi and Lucy Annette Sievers, as Trustees of Lucy H. Sievers Trust v. BNSF Railway Company) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals of Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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SRO Land & Minerals, LP, Monroe Properties, Inc., MES Land & Minerals, LP, Barry Coates Roberts and George L. Stieren, as Trustees of Coates Energy Trust, Jenny Roberts Schimpff Trust, Catherine G. Roberts Trust, Barry Coates Roberts Trust, Lisa Stieren Hardeman Trust, George L. Stieren Trust, Wendy Stiern Wirth Trust, Kelly Stieren Daniell Trust and Amy E. Stieren Trust, the Allar Company, a Texas Corporation, and Mary Rose Sievers Alonzi and Lucy Annette Sievers, as Trustees of Lucy H. Sievers Trust v. BNSF Railway Company, (Tex. Ct. App. 2024).

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ACCEPTED 08-24-00347-CV EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS 08-24-00347-CV EL PASO, TEXAS 10/30/2024 1:23 PM ELIZABETH G. FLORES CLERK

NO. 08-24-00347-CV __________________________________________________________________ FILED IN IN THE EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS8th COURT OF APPEALS EL PASO, TEXAS 10/30/2024 1:23:45 PM EL PASO, TEXAS ELIZABETH G. FLORES _________________________________________________________________ Clerk

SRO LAND & MINERALS, LP; MONROE PROPERTIES, INC.; MES LAND & MINERALS, LP; BARRY COATES ROBERTS AND GEORGE L. STIEREN, AS TRUSTEES OF COATES ENERGY TRUST, JENNY ROBERTS SCHIMPFF TRUST, CATHERINE G. ROBERTS TRUST, BARRY COATES ROBERTS TRUST, LISA STIEREN HARDEMAN TRUST, GEORGE L. STIEREN TRUST, WENDY STIEREN WIRTH TRUST, KELLY STIEREN DANIELL TRUST AND AMY E. STIEREN TRUST, COLLECTIVELY “COATES ENERGY”; THE ALLAR COMPANY, A TEXAS CORPORATION; AND MARY ROSE SIEVERS ALONZI AND LUCY ANNETTE SIEVERS, AS TRUSTEES OF LUCY H. SIEVERS TRUST, Appellants, v.

BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellees _________________________________________________________________

Appeal from Cause No. 21-04-23946-CVR 143rd District Court of Reeves County, Texas __________________________________________________________________

APPELLANTS’ RESPONSE TO COURT’S ORDER OF OCTOBER 11, 2024

John F. Carroll SBN 03888100 Attorney at Law 1802 Blanco Road San Antonio, Texas 78212 Telephone: (210) 223-2627 Facsimile: (210) 223-5052 jcarrollsatx@gmail.com

Co-Counsel for Appellants,

1 TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE EIGHTH COURT OF APPEALS:

NOW COME Appellants, SRO Land & Minerals, LP; Monroe Properties,

Inc.; MES Land & Minerals, LP; Barry Coates Roberts and George L. Stieren, as

Trustees of Coates Energy Trust, Jenny Roberts Schimpff Trust, Catherine G.

Roberts Trust, Barry Coates Roberts Trust, Lisa Stieren Hardeman Trust, George L.

Stieren Trust, Wendy Stieren Wirth Trust, Kelly Stieren Daniell Trust and Amy E.

Stieren Trust, collectively “Coates Energy”; The Allar Company, a Texas

corporation; and Mary Rose Sievers Alonzi and Lucy Annette Sievers, as Trustees

of Lucy H. Sievers Trust, and file this to the Order of the Court of Appeals dated

October 11, 2024 as follows:

1. On October 11, 2024, this Court entered an order directing Appellants

to file a Motion in conformity with Tex. R. App. P. 26.3 requesting an extension of

time to file notice of appeal and provide a reasonable explanation for the late filing

of the notice of appeal on or before October 31, 2024

2. Appellants would respectfully show that the notice of appeal filed in

this case was timely under Tex. R. App. P. 26.1 and was filed in conformity with

Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(a).

3. The Final Judgment which is the subject of the appeal in this case was

signed on August 30, 2024. Copy of Final Judgment attached as Exhibit “A”. The

deadline to file a notice of appeal was September 29, 2024. Tex. R. App. P. 26.1.

2 Appellants filed their Notice of Appeal on September 13, 2024. File marked copy

of Notice of Appeal attached as Exhibit “B”. The Notice of Appeal was filed with

the Reeves County District Clerk as required under Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(a). The

Notice of Appeal included all the information required under Tex. R. App. P.

25.1(d).

4. Appellants respectfully request that the Court find that notice of appeal

was timely filed in the district court on September 13, 2024, thereby invoking the

jurisdiction of this Court under Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(b), and that this Court permit

the appeal to proceed. Appellants will pursue this appeal with diligence.

WHEREFORE, Appellants respectfully request that the Court permit this

appeal to proceed.

Respectfully Submitted, GRAVES, DOUGHERTY, HEARON & MOODY, P.C. 401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2700 Austin, Texas 78701 Tel: (512) 480-5623 Fax: (512) 480-5823

/s/ John McFarland John McFarland State Bar No. 13598500 jmcfarland@gdhm.com Marianne W. Nitsch State Bar No. 24098182 mnitsch@gdhm.com ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS SRO LAND & MINERALS, LP, MONROE

3 PROPERTIES, INC., AND MES LAND & MINERALS, LP

/s/ John F. Carroll John F. Carroll State Bar No. 03888100 Attorney at Law 1802 Blanco Road San Antonio, Texas 78212 Telephone: (210) 223-2627 Facsimile: (210) 223-5052 jcarrollsatx@gmail.com

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANTS COATES ENERGY AND THE ALLAR COMPANY

/s/ Sean M. Guerrero Sean M. Guerrero State Bar No. 24032378 Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughline & Browder, Inc. 550 W. Texas Avenue, Suite 800 Midland, Texas 79701 Telephone: (432) 682-1616 Facsimile: (432) 682-4884 sguerrero@stubbeman.com

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS MARY ROSE SIEVERS ALONZI AND LUCY ANNETTE SIEVERS, AS TRUSTEES OF LUCY H. SIEVERS TRUST

4 VERIFICATION

My name ‫؛‬s John F. Cairoll. I am one of the attorneys for Appei!ants. 1 have

read the foregoing Response to Court Order of October 11, 2024 and state that all

of the facts set forth therein are within my personal knowledge and are true and

correct. I am familiar with the district court filings In this case and Exhibits “A

and ،،B‫ ’؛‬are true and coi'rect copies of the 01'lglnal documents.

<41^4 u. John F. Carroll

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRJBED before me, the undersigned authority by

the said John F. Carroll on the 30'h day of October,

‫ء‬:«:r‫يجتإبذًاا‬ II Nota^ Public, State of Taxas ISABELLA CUKJATI

Comm. Ехр.гва./сГоЗ-гог? 2024^ (Ir Notary Public In and for the State of Texas

CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE

I certify that a copy of the foregoing was delivered to all counsel listed below

by e-servlce on the 30‫ لاا‬day of October 2024.

Samuel Stennis sstennls@cbtd.com COTTON, BLEDSOE, TIGFIE & DAWSON, P.C. 500 w. Illinois Ave, Ste. 300

5 Midland, Texas 79701

Don R. White Dorwin L. Sargent, III dsargent@hbwvlaw.com HAYES, BERRY, WHITE, & VANZANT, LLP 512 West Hickory, Suite 100 Denton, Texas 76201

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

/s/ John F. Carroll John F. Carroll

6 EXHIBIT “A” Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.

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