Goodall v. Trigg Drilling Co., Inc.

¶ 1 Karl L. Goodall claims an overriding royalty interest in a well formerly operated by Trigg Drilling Company, Inc. The well has been shut in. Goodall sues for an accounting and his share of the production. Trigg challenges Goodall’s claim to ownership of the interest, and urges that in any event Goodall’s suit is barred by limitations.

¶ 2 The primary questions to be settled here are whether, the operator, Trigg, had a duty to inform the royalty owner, Goodall, of production, and, if so, whether Trigg’s failure to inform Goodall tolled the statute of limitations. We find that neither party…