Legal Opinion

GeoStar Corp. v. Parkway Petroleum, Inc.

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1993No. Civ. 920093, 920129PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RALPH J. ERICKSTAD, Surrogate Judge. 1

Parkway Petroleum, Inc. and Coda Energy, Inc., appealed from a district court judgment determining that they were not entitled to recover on their cross-claims against each other; that they were jointly and severally liable to GeoStar Corporation for a cash finder’s fee for GeoStar’s efforts in finding abandoned or marginally profitable oil and gas wells; and that GeoStar was entitled to specific performance for the conveyance of an overriding royalty interest in those wells. We affirm in part, reverse in part,-and remand.

In October 1989, GeoStar and…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. Clyde Major Thompson, AKA Clyde JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  2. Wall v. Pennsylvania Life Insurance Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Johnson v. HauglandNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Lohse v. Atlantic Richfield Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Sayler v. HolstromNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by20 opinions

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