James McAnelly III

3 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | Nathan Guerra |Austin Lee |James McAnelly III

The Texas Supreme Court has settled the issue of who owns the voids, known as salt caverns, created in subsurface salt formations (whether naturally occurring or caused as a result of salt mining operations). In Myers-Woodward, LLC v. Undergrounds Services Markham, LLC, the court affirmed the appellate court decision (previously reported on by Bracewell in a client alert on February 24, 2023), holding that surface owners, rather than mineral owners, own subsurface salt caverns.