Pioneer Resources, LLC v. Lemargie

This action arises out of a dispute over ownership of timber rights on a parcel of real property. Plaintiff, Pioneer Resources, LLC, seeks, among other relief, a declaration that it has the right to harvest merchantable timber on defendants’ real property based on a 1971 deed.1 The dispositive issue on appeal is the interpretation of that deed. Because we conclude that the trial court erred in its interpretation of the deed and in granting partial summary judgment for defendants based on that interpretation, we reverse and remand.

By way of general background, the dispute between the parties…