THORNOCK v. COOK

No. 16231.

604 P.2d 934 (1979)

Lucille Jesse Moffat THORNOCK et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Lois S. COOK et al., Defendants and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton A. Oman, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellant.

LeRoy S. Axland, Larry G. Reed of Suitter, Axland & Armstrong, Robert Walter Jensen (with them on the brief), Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and respondents.


STEWART, Justice:

Plaintiffs, heirs of Aden Woodruff Thornock, initiated this action for the purpose of quieting title to mineral rights, allegedly reserved to Thornock, in real property owned by defendant Lois Cook. The trial court granted summary judgment for plaintiffs. We affirm.

Thornock received the land subject to the present dispute by a deed dated April 25, 1947. On May 14, 1950, a contract was executed by and between Thornock, party of the first...

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