Gibbs Cattle Co. v. Bixler

Nebraska Advance Sheets 952 285 NEBRASKA REPORTS Gibbs Cattle Co., a Nebraska corporation, appellee, v. Edna F. Bixler et al., appellees, and Margaret Bixler and Edward Stephen Cassells, appellants. ___ N.W.2d ___ Filed May 24, 2013. No. S-12-687. 1. Equity: Appeal and Error. On appeal from an equity action, an appellate court tries factual questions de novo on the record and, as to questions of both fact and law, is obligated to reach a conclusion indepedent of the conclusion reached by the trial court. 2. Mines and Minerals: Decedents’ Estates: Title. The “record owner” of mineral…