Youngstown Mines Corp. v. Prout

Nelson, Justice.

On February 20, 1958, The Youngstown Mining Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Youngstown), pursuant to Minn. St. 6.136, submitted to the commissioner of conservation a verified claim for re fund of royalties it had paid the state under a mineral lease covering a portion of the bed of Rabbit Lake. The claim for refund was based on a provision of the lease respecting the ownership of the ores mined under it; the findings, conclusions, and judgment stipulated for in an action by the state to reform the lease; and a judgment, entered in a subsequent action, which determined…