Missouri Breaks, LLC v. Burns

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Thomas P. Cawley appealed from a judgment quieting title to interests in an oil and gas well in Missouri Breaks, LLC, and others, and rejecting Cawley’s claims to a working interest in the well and for repayment of loans made to Missouri Breaks’ predecessor. We conclude the district court correctly ruled Cawley’s claims are barred under the circumstances of this case. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] This case involves Cawley’s claims to a working interest in the Missouri Breaks Unit No. 1 oil and gas well in McKenzie County and for repayment of loans he made to the current…