Palmer v. Brandenburg

Rees, J.:

This is an action to determine the nature and duration of an oil and gas interest reserved in a judicial partition of land.

In 1964, upon request of one co-owner, the Russell County District Court ordered partition of the co-owners’ interests in and to the West Half of Section 20, Township 14 South, Range 14 West (West Half), and other land in Russell County. There was a sheriff’s sale. Fred H. Krug and Donald F. Krug purchased the Northwest Quarter of Section 20 (Northwest Quarter) and Wesley and Lillian Becker purchased the Southwest Quarter of Section 20 (Southwest Quarter).

At the…