Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Commissioners of the Land Office v. Butler
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 24, 1988No. 51609PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether a reservation of an interest in “oil, gas and other mineral rights” includes coal. We hold it does not. Our holding is consistent with a long and unanimous line of cases. Our earlier opinion in this matter has previously been ordered withdrawn. Rehearing is granted, and this opinion is substituted therefor.
Claude Butler, the appellee, brought action to quiet title in the rights to the coal on land he owned in fee simple. His predecessors in interest acquired the property by three separate patents from the Commissioners of the Land…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- R & P Enterprises v. LaGuarta, Gavrel & Kirk, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1980
- Lassen v. Arizona Ex Rel. Arizona Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Bagnell v. BroderickSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Barker v. Campbell-Ratcliff Land Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. East Central Oklahoma Electric CooperativeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Zenith Drilling Corp. v. Internorth, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Messner v. MooreheadSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
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