Angle v. Slayton

OPINION

FEDERICI, Chief Justice.

Paul and Patricia Slayton (the Slaytons) filed suit in the District Court of Chaves County to quiet title to a State of New Mexico oil and gas lease. Loreen Angle (Angle) counterclaimed, asserting an interest in the lease below 2,080 feet. The Slaytons appealed to the Court of Appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Angle. The Court of Appeals, with Judge C. Fincher Neal dissenting, reversed the trial court. We granted Angle’s petition for writ of certiorari. We reverse the Court of Appeals and affirm the trial court.

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