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KUNKEL v. MERIDIAN OIL, INC.

No. 56388-8.

114 Wn.2d 896 (1990)

792 P.2d 1254

RAY H. KUNKEL, ET AL, Petitioners, v. MERIDIAN OIL, INC., ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 14, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Dano Law Firm, by Harrison K. Dano and Jill Irene Lunn, for petitioners.

Foreman & Arch, by Dale M. Foreman and Thomas E. Janisch, for respondents Meridian Oil, et al.

Perkins Coie, by David E. Wagoner and Michael Rosenberger, for respondent Delaware Coastal Oil.

SMITH, J.

Petitioners seek reinstatement of a declaratory judgment of the Grant County Superior Court holding that a deed reservation of "all minerals of any nature whatsoever upon or in [the] land, including coal and iron" did not include oil and natural gas because oil and natural gas are not unambiguously "minerals" under Washington law. The Court of Appeals, Division Three, reversed the trial court and concluded that the deed reservation clause unambiguously includes...

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