Legal Opinion
Freels v. Northrup
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 9, 1984PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Justice.
This action was initiated by Plaintiffs-Appellants to establish the ownership of certain mineral rights in a tract of land located in Morgan County, Tennessee. The Chancellor awarded the mineral rights to the Plaintiffs and accordingly decreed that a certain percentage of the oil royalties received by Defendants belonged to Plaintiffs. Defendants were further ordered to pay to Plaintiffs their proportionate share of sales proceeds from the oil well in question.
In the Court of Appeals the Defendants argued that the evidence preponderated against the findings of the…
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