UTAH RESOURCES INTER., INC. v. UTAH BD. OF STATE LANDS

No. 12131.

481 P.2d 677 (1971)

25 Utah 2d 344

UTAH RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Utah corporation, John H. Morgan, Jr., Justheim Petroleum Co., a Nevada corporation, Clarence I. Justheim and J.H. Morgan, Sr., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. UTAH BOARD OF STATE LANDS, Charles R. Hansen, C.S. Thomson, Donald Showalter, M.V. Hatch, Harold Reese, Whitney J. Floyd, Philip V. Christensen, T.H. Bell and W.L. Tueller, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Sheridan L. McGarry, Joseph P. McCarthy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Adam M. Duncan, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and respondents.

James R. Brown, Robert G. Pruitt, Jr., of Neslen and Mock, Salt Lake City, for Gas Producing Enterprises Inc., amicus curiae.


TUCKETT, Justice:

The plaintiffs commenced this action in the court below to enjoin the defendants from issuing to a third party an oil shale lease upon lands which are subject to a lease in favor of the plaintiffs covering oil and gas deposits. The lower court granted injunctive relief to the plaintiffs, and from that decision the defendants have appealed.

On October 7, 1963, the plaintiffs obtained a leasehold interest from the defendants granting to the...

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