XTO Energy, Inc. v. Thacker

| tThis appeal concerns the validity of a 1984 decree that quieted title to certain mineral interests in appellees Marshall Ray Thacker and Elena Marie Thacker. 1 Appellants Gilbert Tarver 2 and Barbara Cook (collectively, “Tarver”) filed suit challenging the 1984 decree. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the Van Bu-rén County Circuit Court concluded that jjkhe earlier decree was valid based on its finding that there had been proper service by publication in the 1984 case. The circuit court further concluded that a handwritten notation in the legal description of the deed conveying part…