Fuel Exploration, Inc. v. Novotny

I agree that the Novotnys are in no position to complain of the working interest owners’ intervention in this case. I also agree that the working interest owners are and were the owners of the equipment when Fuel Exploration commenced this replevin action and that Fuel Exploration was and is not. I further agree that the equipment never lost its character as chattels and that the Novotnys therefore never acquired therein any interest whatsoever.

Yet, I dissent because I consider the result reached, although perhaps “fair” in the sense that it allows the owners to recover possession from those…