MONAHAN CATTLE COMPANY v. GOODWIN

No. 42096.

272 N.W.2d 774 (1978)

201 Neb. 845

MONAHAN CATTLE COMPANY, a Nebraska Corporation, Appellee, v. Leo GOODWIN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stubbs & Metz, Alliance, for appellants.

Reddish, Curtiss & Moravek and Thomas A. Danehey, Alliance, for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, C. J., Pro Tem., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, and WHITE, JJ., and KUNS, Retired District Judge.


SPENCER, Chief Justice, Pro Tem.

This action is brought under sections 57-228 through 57-231, R.R.S.1943, to extinguish the severed mineral interests owned of record by the defendants, and to vest the title to them in the plaintiff. The question presented is the constitutionality of these statutes as retroactively applied against these defendants. The trial court canceled the interest and vested title in the plaintiff. We reverse.

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