Shamburger v. Conoco, Inc.

REAVIS, Justice.

By this appeal, appellants Charles Douglas Shamburger, et al.1 challenge a declaratory judgment following a bench trial determining and declaring Conoco, Inc. to be the owner of an undivided one-half of the subject minerals in Foard County. By this appeal, we must determine the validity of the appointment of a substitute trustee and the validity of the substitute trustee’s deed upon foreclosure. Based upon the rationale and authorities expressed herein, we reverse that part of the judgment declaring (1) Conoco, Inc. to be the owner of an undivided one-half of the subject…