Legal Opinion

Oehmig v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 11, 1994No. 1920922PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

On Application for Rehearing

The opinion of December 17, 1993, is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor.

The plaintiff sued to quiet title to the mineral rights as to a certain tract of land. The issues on this appeal are whether the trial court properly held that the Grove Act, § 6-6-560 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, was a valid jurisdictional foundation for the filing of the complaint and, if so, whether the trial court properly applied the rule of repose to extinguish the defendants' mineral interests.

The facts in this case are undisputed. In 1912, W.G. Oehmig owned the surface and…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boshell v. KeithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  2. Wilkerson v. WilkersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
  3. Fitts v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  4. Hooper v. Bankhead & BankheadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  5. Shelton v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2002
  2. Ex Parte Liberty Nat. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  3. Murray v. SevierDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1997
  4. Stokes v. CottrellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2008
  5. Hinote v. OwensSupreme Court of Alabama · 2017

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