Kim-Go, H.K. Minerals, Inc. v. J.P. Furlong Enterprises, Inc.

LEVINE, Justice.

In J.P. Furlong Enterprises, Inc. v. Sun Exploration and Production Co., 423 N.W.2d 130 (N.D.1988) [Furlong I], we held that Section 47-06-07, N.D.C.C., applies to determine ownership of oil and gas interests underlying an abandoned riverbed. This case presents the question whether, under Section 47-06-07, N.D.C.C., parties who lose separately owned tracts of land as a result of a river abandoning its old bed and forming a new bed acquire ownership of the old bed in severalty or on an undivided basis. The trial court decided that ownership was on an undivided basis. We reverse…