It is the intent of this subchapter that the mineral rights of the owner are superior to the surface rights of the condemning party.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.095
RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO CONDEMNATION
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2454, ch. 871, art
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