Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited)

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Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
ASSETS    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 49,601,380us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 26,814,759us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Accrued receivables 3,297,512us-gaap_OtherReceivables 3,220,020us-gaap_OtherReceivables
Other assets 136,860us-gaap_OtherAssets 114,491us-gaap_OtherAssets
Prepaid income taxes 0us-gaap_PrepaidTaxes 815,937us-gaap_PrepaidTaxes
Notes receivable for land sales 904,233us-gaap_NotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent 923,115us-gaap_NotesAndLoansReceivableNetNoncurrent
Water wells, vehicles, furniture, and equipment - at cost less accumulated depreciation 98,611us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 89,107us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Real estate and royalty interests assigned through the 1888 Declaration of Trust, no value assigned:    
Land (surface rights) situated in eighteen counties in Texas – 878,897 acres in 2015 and 899,149 acres in 2014 0us-gaap_Land 0us-gaap_Land
Total Assets 55,153,197us-gaap_Assets 33,102,488us-gaap_Assets
LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL    
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 816,968us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 828,672us-gaap_AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Income taxes payable 11,187,166us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent 406,945us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent
Other taxes payable 190,618us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent 159,301us-gaap_TaxesPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
Unearned revenue 2,055,244us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent 3,940,353us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent
Deferred taxes 299,414us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 293,140us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Pension plan liability 757,040us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent 754,260us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPensionPlanLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Total liabilities 15,306,450us-gaap_Liabilities 6,382,671us-gaap_Liabilities
Capital:    
Certificates of Proprietary Interest, par value $100 each; outstanding 0 Certificates 0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue 0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue
Sub-share Certificates in Certificates of Proprietary Interest, par value $.03 1/3 each; outstanding: 8,269,807 Sub-shares in 2015 and 8,322,399 Sub-shares in 2014 0us-gaap_CommonStockValue 0us-gaap_CommonStockValue
Other comprehensive loss (1,328,819)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (1,352,794)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Net proceeds from all sources 41,175,566us-gaap_RetainedEarningsUnappropriated 28,072,611us-gaap_RetainedEarningsUnappropriated
Total capital 39,846,747us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 26,719,817us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
55,153,197us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 33,102,488us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Real Estate Acquired [Member]    
ASSETS    
Real estate acquired: (10,065 acres at March 31, 2015 and 10,125 acres at December 31, 2014) 1,114,601us-gaap_RealEstateGrossAtCarryingValue
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1,125,059us-gaap_RealEstateGrossAtCarryingValue
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Land Surface Rights [Member]    
Real estate and royalty interests assigned through the 1888 Declaration of Trust, no value assigned:    
1/16 nonparticipating perpetual royalty interest in 373,777 acres in 2015 and 2014 0tpl_NonarticipatingPerpetualRoyaltyInterest116
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0tpl_NonarticipatingPerpetualRoyaltyInterest116
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1/128 nonparticipating perpetual royalty interest in 85,414 acres in 2015 and 2014 $ 0tpl_NonarticipatingPerpetualRoyaltyInterest1128
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$ 0tpl_NonarticipatingPerpetualRoyaltyInterest1128
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