Mary Lou PACK, Ann E. Watts, Robert E. Stevens and Jo E. Stevens, Husband and Wife, Appellees,
v.
SANTA FE MINERALS, A DIVISION OF SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Southland Royalty Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Deck Oil Company, an Oklahoma corporation, Appellants,
John V. BALZER, an individual, Jake F. Balzer and Lydia Balzer, Husband and Wife, Appellees,
v.
SANTA FE MINERALS, A DIVISION OF SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Hamon Operating Company, a Texas corporation, Frontier Fuels, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Southland Royalty Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Deck Oil Company, an Oklahoma corporation, Appellants.
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February 22, 1994.
February 22, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gary W. Davis, Mark D. Christiansen, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, James R. Fletcher, Guymon, for appellants, Santa Fe Minerals and Southland Royalty Co.
H. Wayne Cooper, Charles Greenough, Tulsa, for appellant, Deck Oil Co.
George S. Corbyn, Jr., J. Michael DeYong, Joe M. Hampton, Ryan, Corbyn & Geister, Oklahoma City, David K. Petty, Guymon, for appellees.
Eugene Kuntz, Norman, Joseph W. Morris, Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, John S. Lowe, Dallas, TX, A.P. Murrah, Jr., Murrah & Davis, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae.
Clifford K. Cate, Jr., Muskogee, for amicus curiae, Atlantic Richfield Co.
Rick A. Mayer, Houston, TX, for amicus curiae, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
Gary E. Baker, Houston, TX, for amicus curiae, Exxon Corp.
James M. Peters, Gayle Freeman Cook, Monnet, Hayes, Bullis, Thompson & Edwards, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Fina Oil and Chemical Co., Oryx Energy Co., Oxy U.S.A. Inc., Union Pacific Resources Co.
Charles L. Puckett, Houston, TX, for amicus curiae, Conoco, Inc.
Brent Alan Helms, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae, Fina Oil and Chemical Co.
Charles E. Holmes, New Orleans, LA, for amicus curiae, Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas Co.
Steven R. Mackey, Cathy L. Cheney, Tulsa, for amicus curiae, Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Hugh A. Stowe, Denver, CO, for amicus curiae, Mobil Oil Corp.
Patricia A. Moore, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae, Oryx Energy Co.
William G. Paul, John L. Williford, Bartlesville, Joe Cochran, Susan L. Heady, Amarillo, TX, for amicus curiae, Phillips Petroleum Co.
William D. Watts, John J. Breathwit, G. Babette Patton, Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Price, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Marathon Oil Co.
David O. Cordell, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Mustang Fuel Corp.
Brenton B. Moore, Tulsa, for amicus curiae, OXY U.S.A., Inc.
Randle G. Jones, Jimmy E. Shamas, Jr., Denver, CO, for amicus curiae, Texaco, Inc.
Baxter Brown, Fort Worth, TX, for amicus curiae, Union Pacific Resources Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
SIMMS, Justice:
Appellants, Santa Fe Minerals and other oil and gas companies, (lessees) appeal the judgments entered by the district court in the quiet title actions instituted by appellees, Mary Lou Pack, Ann E. Watts, Robert E. Stevens, Jo E. Stevens, John V. Balzer, Jake F. Balzer, and Lydia Balzer (mineral rights owners/lessors). These separate actions instituted by Pack, Watts and Stevens (No. 74,605), and by the Balzers...
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