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WILLIAMS v. WATT

No. 5799.

668 P.2d 620 (1983)

Maurice WILLIAMS, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. Joseph H. WATT and Nellie Arlene Watt, Trustees for the Joseph H. Watt Trust, dated December 30, 1972; and Tim Watt, the Robert E. Watt Trust, Tim Watt and Vance Watt as Co-Trustees, and Tim Watt and Vance Watt as Trustees of the Robert E. Watt Trust, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 12, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Thomas Throne, Sheridan, for appellant.

Henry A. Burgess of Burgess & Davis, Sheridan, for appellees.

Before ROONEY, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROSE and BROWN, JJ.

ROSE, Justice.

In this appeal we are asked to examine the effect of deed and contract language in order to resolve an ownership-of-minerals issue.

FACTS

On April 10, 1940 the Federal Land Bank of Omaha, Nebraska entered into a contract for deed with appellant Maurice Williams, pursuant to which it agreed to transfer ranch land titles to him upon payment of the purchase price. On December 28, 1954, the Land...

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