Calvert Joint Venture 140 v. Snider

CATHELL, Judge.

This case arises out of a November 1987 land installment contract and subsequent conveyance between petitioner, Calvert Joint Venture # 140, 1 and respondents, Ross and Nancy Snider. In the contract, respondents contracted to convey the subject property (tracts 1, 2 and 3) to petitioner for the stated purpose of building a residential subdivision while reserving an interest in all “oil, gas, or other mineral rights” in the property. No express easements over the surface of the parcel were reserved with the mineral rights. This litigation centers on petitioner’s declaratory…