Wagner v. Wagner

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In exchange for his son Gregory Wagner's help obtaining a loan, Richard Wagner, who had previously filed for bankruptcy and had many creditors, agreed to give Gregory a portion of the royalty proceeds from his oil lease holdings. When Richard failed to hon- or this agreement, Gregory sued and in 2005 obtained a judgment for specific performance providing that he would be entitled to a share of Richard's royalties for as long as the subject oil wells continued producing. In two separate appeals, Richard contests the superior court's continuing…