Legal Opinion
Acoma Oil Corp. v. Wilson
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided June 3, 1991No. Civ. 900412PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.
Acoma Oil Corporation (Acoma) and the Clarke D. Bassett Residuary Trust (Bas-sett), appeal from a district court judgment declaring that the current mineral interest owners in a 160-acre tract of land proportionately share the burden of prior assignments of a 6.5% royalty. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
In 1915 H.O. Moen obtained fee simple title to the 160-acre tract of land in McKenzie County described as:
Township 153 North, Range 95 West Section 20: NWVi
In 1937 Moen made three separate royalty conveyances, cumulatively transferring a 6.5% royalty of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Duhig v. Peavy-Moore Lumber Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1940
- Gavenda v. Strata Energy, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
- McAdams v. BaileyIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Schulz v. HauckNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
- Wagner v. Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1957
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