Legal Opinion
Team Bank v. Meridian Oil Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 1994No. 20892PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCHINI, Justice.
We granted an interlocutory appeal to Defendants Meridian Oil Inc. and Southland Royalty Co. (“Southland”) from an order denying a motion to dismiss for improper venue. Team Bank, a corporation acting as Trustee for the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust, seeks monetary damages from South-land in a suit for breach of contract brought in Rio Arriba County. Team Bank alleges that Southland has underpaid royalties on natural gas production in Rio Arriba and other counties. We find that the trial court improperly denied the motion to dismiss, reverse the trial court, and…
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