Legal Opinion
Nantt v. Puckett Energy Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1986No. Civ. 10976PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESCHKE, Justice.
Puckett Energy Company appeals from a $72,000 judgment in favor of plaintiffs (“Rockstads”) on Puckett’s second drafts for additional bonus for its separate top leases of oil and gas of the Rockstads’ individual undivided mineral interests under a half-section in Williams County. Puckett claims that a special clause in its top leases gave Puckett the option of paying the second drafts or, alternatively, that its top leases were void under the rule against perpetuities. We reject both claims and affirm the judgment.
Rockstads are relatives who own various fractions of the…
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