Simmons Group, Ltd. v. Caine O'Rear, Jr. Family Trust

BRYAN, Justice.

This case began as an interpleader action filed by El Paso E & P Production, L.P. (“El Paso”), to determine who owns the mineral interest in a piece of property located in Walker County, Alabama (“the Landon parcel”), on which El Paso operates a methane well.1 The competing claimants for the mineral interest *337are Simmons Group, LTD (“Simmons Group”), on the one hand, and the Caine O’Rear, Jr. Family Trust, Mary Lou Foy, Susan Foy Spratling, Paula Robertson Rose, Stacy Baker Carson, and Warren Dane Baker (hereinafter referred to collectively as “O’Rear”), on the other hand.…