( September 25, 2026, 9:36 AM EDT) -- SAN ANTONIO — A Texas appellate court affirmed a lower court’s ruling resolving a dispute over the deed concerning mineral interests at a ranch at which hydraulic fracturing takes place, writing that the owner of a nonparticipating royalty interest (NPRI) could not claim a right to royalties from any future lease or, in the absence of a lease, be treated as a co-tenant entitled to royalties....