London v. Merriman

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Dorothy London, asks this Court to determine her rights as lessor under an oil and gas lease, as well as the rights of the non-participatory royalty interest owners (the Merrimans). London appeals from a judgment awarding the Merri-mans gas royalties. We affirm.

London owns two adjoining tracts of land and holds the executive right (the right to lease) to all the minerals. She owns a ¾6 royalty interest in the eastern tract and a ⅛ royalty interest in the western tract. The Merrimans own a ½6 non-participating (no right to lease) royalty interest in the…