Continental Oil Co. v. Elks National Foundation

This is an application for a writ of supervisory control under Rule 17, M.R.App.P. It follows a summary judgment by the District Court for the Sixteenth Judicial District, Fallon County, which adjudicated the ownership of the working interest in an oil and gas lease. We accept supervisory control and reverse the judgment of the District Court.

The issue is whether this Court should issue a writ of supervisory control to determine the extent of Continental Oil Company’s ownership in the oil and gas lease.

This case was before the Court previously as Gunnip v. Continental Oil Co. (Mont. 1986),…