Kittleson v. Grynberg Petroleum Company

SANDSTROM, Justice.

•[¶ 1] The successors to the interest of the Grynberg Petroleum Company (“Gryn-berg”) appeal from a judgment concluding Grynberg wrongfully deducted certain costs from gas royalties paid to Tyronne B. Kittleson, as trustee of the Tyronne B. Kittleson Real Estate and Oil Trust (“Kit-tleson”), under a lease between the parties. We affirm, concluding the district court correctly interpreted the lease, the amount of damages was not clearly erroneous, and the correct statute of limitations was applied.

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[¶ 2] In 1991, Grynberg Petroleum Company and Kittleson’s predecessor in…