Payments made by the lessee to the owner of the surface as provided in this subchapter and acceptance of the payments by the owner of the surface are in place of all damages to the soil.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 53.066
DAMAGES TO SURFACE
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2472, ch. 871, art
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