COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

POWDER RIVER MINERAL PARTNERS, § No. 08-23-00058-CV LLC, SUE MAY, FRED HERRING, LTD., LAFAYETTE BROWN HERRING, III, and § Appeal from the HERBERT MINERALS, LTD., § 143rd Judicial District Court Appellants, § of Reeves County, Texas v. § (TC# 21-08-24105-CVR) CIMAREX ENERGY CO., FORD CHAPMAN PROPERTIES, LLC, PECOS § VALLEY PETROLEUM COMPANY, WILLIAM ROGER MAYS, FORD § CHAPMAN MAYS, FORD CHAPMAN MAYS II, ANDREW HUGH MAYS, DONNA § CALDWELL PROPERTIES, LLC, CALDWELL FAMILY TRUST, MARY § WINTER ANDERSON, CHAPMAN PROPERTIES TRUST, CLIFFORD JAMES § HARDWICK, MARK NETTLES HARDWICK, NANCY LOUISE § GIERHART, SARAH HARDWICK BELL, HEATHER ANNE POTTS, ELIZABETH § SUTTON HARDWICK, JULIE KATE OLDHAM, MATTHEW LYNN GIERHART, § ROBIN LOUISE MORRISON, ELLEN HARDWICK ENRIGHT, AMY LOUISE § FALCO, HELEN MARGARET HARMAN, ANNABELLE ELIZABETH MAYS, § PEGASUS RESOURCES, LLC, GGM EXPLORATION, INC., TD MINERALS § LLC, AND TILDEN CAPITAL MINERALS, LLC, § Appellees.

§ JUDGMENT The Court has considered this cause on the record and concludes there was error in the judgment. We therefore reverse the judgment of the court below and remand the cause for further proceedings in accordance with this Court’s opinion. We further order that Appellant recover from Appellee all costs of this appeal, for which let execution issue. This decision shall be certified below for observance.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023.

GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice Before, Palafox, and Soto, JJ., and Marion, C.J. (Ret.)

Marion, C.J. (Ret.), sitting by assignment