VINES v. McKENZIE METHANE CORP.

1911093, 1911488.

619 So.2d 1305 (1993)

James Harold VINES v. McKENZIE METHANE CORPORATION, et al. J. Morris TRAYWICK and Ruth Traywick v. McKENZIE METHANE CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. McDaniel and Edward E. Angwin of McDaniel, Hall, Conerly & Lusk, P.C. and Mac Parsons, Birmingham, for appellant James Harold Vines.

Alton B. Parker, Jr. and Pamela F. Colbert of Spain, Gillon, Grooms, Blan & Nettles, Birmingham, for appellants J. Morris Traywick and Ruth Traywick.

Isaac P. Espy of Espy, Nettles and Scogin, P.C., Tuscaloosa, for appellee McKenzie Methane Corp.

Conrad P. Armbrecht, Edward A. Dean and Duane A. Graham of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for amicus curiae Jim Walter Resources, Inc.

Victor T. Hudson and William W. Watts III of Reams, Philips, Brooks, Schell, Gaston & Hudson, P.C., Mobile, for amicus curiae NCNB Tex. Nat. Bank.


PER CURIAM.

This opinion addresses two appeals, which present the same issue of first impression.

James Harold Vines sued McKenzie Methane Corporation ("McKenzie Methane") and Daniel Clark, land manager for McKenzie Methane, alleging that the company had wrongfully extracted coalbed methane gas from beneath land that he owned in Shelby County. McKenzie Methane counterclaimed, arguing that it holds a leasehold interest for the coalbed methane gas via a lease...

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