Legal Opinion
BNSF Ry. Co. v. Box Creek Mineral Ltd. P'ship
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 2018No. S-17-0254PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUMPKE, District Judge.
[¶1] Box Creek Mineral Limited Partnership (herein "Box Creek") filed suit against BNSF Railway Company (herein "BNSF") for declaratory judgment and to quiet title on the mineral rights in lands conveyed by two deeds in 1913.1 The parties disputed whether *164the two deeds passed a fee simple estate from Box Creek to BNSF, thereby conveying the underlying mineral estate, or if the deeds merely conveyed an easement in fee simple, whereby the minerals would not pass to BNSF.
[¶2] The district court found the deeds ambiguous and denied summary judgment. Following a bench trial,…
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