Abraxas Petroleum Corp. v. Hornburg

How courts have described this case

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• holding that legally and factually sufficient evidence existed that breach by operator of oil lease caused damages to working interest owners because, on account of breach, operator seized owners’ interest and withheld earnings
• holding that legally and factually sufficient evidence existed that breach by operator of oil lease caused damages to working interest owners because, on account of breach, operator seized owners’ interest and withheld earnings
• noting that the “universal rule for measuring damages for the breach of a contract is just compensation for the loss or damage actually sustained.”
• noting that under Texas law, “[t]he elements of a breach of contract claim are the existence of a valid contract; performance or tendered performance by the plaintiff; breach of the contract by the defendant; and damages to the plaintiff resulting from that breach.”
• \The absence of [a] causal connection between the alleged breach [of contract] and the alleged damages will preclude recovery.\
• overhead charges should have been considered as part of the expense of operating the well

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