CHRISTY v. PETROL RESOURCES CORP.

No. 7729.

691 P.2d 59 (1984)

102 N.M. 59

S.B. CHRISTY, IV, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. PETROL RESOURCES CORPORATION, Energy Group, Cibola Energy Corp. (formerly Coronado Exploration Corporation); and, all unknown claimants of interest in the premises adverse to the Plaintiff, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

October 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Murphy, Rosenberg, Shuler, Murphy & Meyer, Carlsbad, for plaintiff-appellant.

Elizabeth Losee, Losee, Carson & Dickerson, P.A., Artesia, for defendant-appellee, Cibola Energy Corp.


OPINION

WOOD, Judge.

The United States issued an oil and gas lease for lands in Eddy County, New Mexico. Plaintiff sought to quiet title, alleging that he was "the owner and holder in fee simple of (i) a 10% net profits interest, and (ii) an overriding royalty of 1% of the amount of all oil, gas, casinghead gas and other hydrocarbon substances which may be produced, each under" the United States lease. The case was...

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