Legal Opinion
Amoco Production Co. v. Sims
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1981No. 13515PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RIORDAN, Justice.
This case involves an appeal from a permanent injunction issued by the Lea County District Court which restrained appellant (Sims) from denying appellee (Amoco) the use of a private road across Sims’ property. We reverse and remand.
On August 11, 1952, Edgar Watkins conveyed the surface rights to 640 acres of land in Lea County, New Mexico, to members of the Sims family. The warranty deed reserved to Watkins the oil and gas mineral rights underlying 320 acres of the property along with “the right to ingress and egress for the purpose of developing same.” The deed was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Dressler v. IsaacsOregon Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Hurlocker v. MedinaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1994
- Dethlefsen v. WeddleNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2012
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