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AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-1147.

619 F.2d 1383 (1980)

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; Champlin Petroleum, Inc., a California Corporation; and Sun Oil Company (Delaware), a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The UNITED STATES of America et al., Flying Diamond Oil Corporation, John R. Anderson, Beverly Lasrich et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Horsley of Moyle & Draper, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants-appellants Flying Diamond Oil Corp., John R. Anderson and Beverly Lasrich.

MaryAnn Walsh, Washington, D. C. (Jacques B. Gelin, Atty., and Sanford Sagalkin, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with her on brief), for defendant-appellant United States of America.

Alan L. Sullivan, Salt Lake City, Utah (Gerald R. Miller, Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on brief), Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before McWILLIAMS, DOYLE and McKAY, Circuit Judges.

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

In 1942, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation (FFMC) conveyed by special warranty deed a fee simply interest in certain land in Summit County, Utah, to Hyrum and Florence Newton. The original deed and all copies other than a recorded version kept in the Summit County Recorder's Office are apparently no longer in existence. The parties dispute the exact contents of the original 1942 deed. Appellants claim that the deed reserved to the FFMC a...

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