{"id":720,"date":"2021-06-29T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/?p=720"},"modified":"2021-06-26T21:28:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T02:28:10","slug":"writings-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/29\/writings-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you doubted that the written word carried dispositive weight in the current Texas Supreme Court, please consider these cases that lead up to an oil-and-gas opinion of last week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/search.txcourts.gov\/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=f3446820-3053-4b04-8544-ebe24c7501b1&amp;coa=cossup&amp;DT=OPINION&amp;MediaID=49fa1b71-7c10-4195-9eab-088b46966418\">Bombardier Aerospace Corp. v. SPEP Aircraft Holdings<\/a> holds that the written word matters: \u201cUnder our strongly held principles of freedom to contract, we hold that the limitation-of-liability clauses are valid limited warranties that were the basis of the parties\u2019 bargain. \u2026 Although Bombardier\u2019s conduct in failing to provide SPEP and PE with the new engines they bargained for was reprehensible, <strong><em>the parties bargained to limit punitive damages, <\/em><\/strong>and we must hold them to that bargain.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/search.txcourts.gov\/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=cfda57fb-dc1c-46c1-a0a7-1334e866a19b&amp;coa=cossup&amp;DT=OPINION&amp;MediaID=20010305-50e1-45e3-96e6-476c9728a598\">Energy Transfer v. Enterprise<\/a> emphasized that the written word matters: \u201cWe hold that parties can conclusively negate the formation of a partnership under Chapter 152 of the TBOC through <strong><em>contractual conditions precedent.<\/em><\/strong> ETP and Enterprise did so as a matter of law here, and there is no evidence that Enterprise waived the conditions.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>During 2021, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txcourts.gov\/media\/1452285\/200424.pdf\">In re the Estate of Johnson<\/a>, the Court noted that actions also matter: \u201cMacNerland was put to an election: either seek to set the will aside or accept the benefits Johnson bequeathed to her. She chose the latter. As a result, she \u2018must adopt the whole contents of the instrument, so far as it concerns [her], conforming to its provisions, and renouncing every right inconsistent with it.\u2019 Because <strong><em>MacNerland accepted benefits<\/em><\/strong> under Johnson\u2019s will, the trial court properly dismissed her challenge to its validity.\u201d (citation omitted).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>But last week, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txcourts.gov\/media\/1452352\/190567.pdf\">BPX Operating v. Strickhausen<\/a>, the Court again gave primacy to the written word:  \u201cStrickhausen bargained for a strong anti-pooling clause, she consistently <strong><em>withheld the written consent<\/em><\/strong> the clause requires, and she reiterated her objections multiple times. Although she accepted BPX\u2019s money, she reasonably believed that one way or another she was owed an amount in the same ballpark as the checks she deposited.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you doubted that the written word carried dispositive weight in the current Texas Supreme Court, please consider these cases that lead up to an oil-and-gas opinion of last week: In 2019, Bombardier Aerospace Corp. v. 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