Cornelius v. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago

Opinion by

KENNETH L. BUETTNER, Judge:

[ 1 William F. Cornelius sued to quiet title in a mineral interest he claimed through adverse possession. He based his claim on the undisputed fact that he had received royalty payments from the lessee petroleum companies for the prescribed period of time. He also claimed that although mineral production from the seventy acres in question had ceased before the end of the prescription period (no wells on the surface), that because *1083production was forthcoming from a drilling rig in a unitized area which included 20 of the seventy acres, that the prescribed…