Carkuff v. Balmer

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Virginia Carkuff, Greg Carkuff, Mercedes Carkuff, Joy Krush and Valerie Carkuff-Lommen (“Carkuffs”) • appeal from a summary judgment quieting title to minerals in certain real property in the defendants (“Balmers”) and holding the Carkuffs had no interest in mineral rights in the land. We affirm, construing the relevant October 20, 1953, deed as a quitclaim deed which does not pass after-acquired title.

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[¶ 2] Numerous conveyances between family members in the 1950s and 1960s led to this title dispute between the Carkuffs and the Balmers. Alice Carkuff had one son and…