Legal Opinion
Kennedy Oil v. LANCE OIL & GAS COMPANY
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided January 17, 2006No. 05-95PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOIGT, Justice.
[¶ 1] In a quiet title dispute involving mineral interest lessees, the district court relied upon the relation-back doctrine in granting summary judgment to the appel-lees. We affirm, but on the related doctrine of after-acquired title or estoppel by deed.
FACTS
[¶2] In pursuing their respective summary judgment motions in the district court, the parties entered into a Joint Stipulation of Facts, from which we have gleaned the following information:
[¶ 3] As of 1975, members of the Harriet and Marton families (collectively Harriet-Marton) owned the oil, gas, and other minerals,…
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