Western Energy Co. v. Genie Land Co.

Genie Land Company appeals from a judgment in the District Court, Sixteenth District, Rosebud County, in favor of Western Energy Company and Burlington Northern, Inc., declaring the rights of the parties under mineral reservations contained in warranty deeds, and permanently enjoining Genie Land from interfering with Western Energy’s activities in procuring a resource inventory of the lands involved. Genie Land also appeals from the denial of a trial by jury by the District Court.

Genie Land is the present owner of, and successor in interest to the surface of lands purchased in 1945 and 1947…