Estoril Producing Corp. v. Murdock

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MEANS, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Gad-dy. The judgment quieted title in defendant Gaddy’s mineral leasehold estate located on the original allotment of a Mexican Kickapoo Indian. Having reviewed the record and applicable law, we reverse.

I

The undisputed facts are as follows. Plaintiffs and defendant hold leases to the mineral rights in an area known as Tract B. The plaintiffs’ lease, executed on October 5, 1980, was made with the heirs of Kah-Kah-to-the-Quah. Kah-Kah-to-the-Quah was a restricted Mexican Kickapoo…