Regier v. Amerada Petroleum Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action to quiet the title to a small tract of land bought for a highway. It was brought by Alta township in Harvey county, as owner, and by J. E. Regier, as an oil and gas lessee, of a small strip of land 49% feet wide by 778% feet in length. The strip in question was a part of a quarter section of land purchased by Abraham P. Froese, in 1890, described as the northwest quarter (NW%) of section twenty (20), township twenty-two (22) south, range three (3) west, Harvey county, and has been his home ever since that time. A…