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
Opinion
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,
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
Envelope ID: 91689436 Filing Code Description: Notice Filing Description: FINAL JUDGMENT Status as of 9/5/2024 2:47 PM CST
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
John McFarland jmcfarland@gdhm.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Dorwin Sargent dsargent@hbwvlaw.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Don White dwhite@hbwvlaw.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Nancy Karnes nkarnes@gdhm.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Lucas Holl 24078677 lholl@hbwvlaw.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Jordan Irons 24101955 jirons@cbtd.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Marianne Nitsch mnitsch@gdhm.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Sean Guerrero sguerrero@stubbeman.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Christopher Stoltz cstoltz@stubbeman.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Julie AThomas jthomas@stubbeman.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM ERROR
Michelle Carrasco mcarrasco@stubbeman.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Rebecca Linehan rlinehan@stubbeman.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
John F.Carroll jcarrollsatx@gmail.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Samuel Stennis sstennis@cbtd.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Shana O'Neal soneal@cbtd.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Rosie Ramos rramos@cbtd.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
Jordan Irons jirons@cbtd.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
SAMUEL JSTENNIS sstennis@cbtd.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
CHRISTOPHER CCYRUS ccyrus@gdhm.com 9/5/2024 2:38:47 PM SENT
EXHIBIT “B”
9/13/2024 10:06 am
Julia Perez DistrictClerk
Reeves County, Texas
Misty Thomas
CAUSE NO. 21-04-23946-CVR
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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 (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) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.