Legal Opinion
Dearing v. State ex rel. Commissioners of the Land Office
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 29, 1991No. 68980PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLIN, Justice.
The appellants herein (“the Dearings”) brought this action in the district court of Roger Mills County to quiet title to the minerals in a strip of land underlying a portion of railroad right of way in that county (“the railroad strip”). This is the third lawsuit brought to contest the ownership of the minerals and the second instituted by the Dearings.
The Dearings brought their first action in the district court of Roger Mills County in 1977 and named as defendants, among others, the State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Commissioners of the Land Office (“the State”) and also named…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Pettis v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
- Becher v. Contoure Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Myers v. International Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
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