Cox v. Kaiser-Francis Oil Co.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
CAROL M. HANSEN, Judge.
11 Plaintiff/Appellant, Ivy Lively Newton Cox (Grantor), seeks review of the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants/Appellees, Kaiser-Fran cis Oil Company (Kaiser), Vernon E. Faul-coner, Inc. (Faulconer), and Washita Oil and Gas, LLC (Washita) We reverse, holding the statute of limitations did not begin to run on Grantor's claim for reformation of a mineral reservation until the legal effect of the language was questioned or disputed. We find a latent ambiguity in the language of the mineral reservation arising from the undisputed fact it…
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