Greenfield v. Thill

MESCHKE, Justice.

Ralph and Alvina Greenfield appeal from a summary judgment dismissing their action to quiet title to certain mineral rights. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In 1959, the Wilhelmina Schmid Estate Trust deeded certain property in Burke County to the Greenfields, reserving “all oil, gas and minerals ... including ... the right ... to enter the above described lands and to use so much of the surface as may be reasonable for the purpose of extracting the oil, gas, and mineral thereon and thereunder, at any time within the period of twenty years from the date of this…