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SKAGGS v. CONOCO, INC.

No. 18205.

957 P.2d 526 (1998)

125 N.M. 97

1998-NMCA-061

Fred R. SKAGGS; Jewell Skaggs House; Calvin C. Skaggs; Lavonia Skaggs Arp; Sarah Skaggs Bell; Karen Diane Skaggs, Trustee of the Skaggs Family Trust; Mary Ann Roof; and Jean Wright, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. CONOCO, INC.; Chevron USA, Inc.; Atlantic Richfield Company; Amoco Production Company; MWJR Petroleum Corporation; Oxy USA, Inc.; John H. Hendrix Corporation; Michael L. Klein; Ronnie H. Westbrook; Daniel L. Veirs; KC Minerals, Inc.; Rutter and Wilbanks Corporation; Wayne A. Bissett; Timothy D. Collier; Donald G. Becker, Jr.; and Charles M. Morgan, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied April 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Reed, Jr., James J. Ormiston, Looper, Reed, Mark & McGraw Incorporated, Houston, TX, Charles H. Coll, Kelly M. Cassels, Sanders, Bruin, Coll & Worley, P.A., Roswell, Steven L. Tucker, Tucker Law Firm, P.C., Santa Fe, for Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

John R. Cooney, R.E. Thompson, Lynn H. Slade, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Albuquerque, for Appellees and Cross-Appellants Operating Defendants and MWJR.

Lewis C. Cox, III, Heidel, Samberson, Newell & Cox, Lovington, for Appellees and Cross-Appellants Rutter and Wilbanks Corp.; John H. Hendrix Corp.; Michael L. Klein; Ronnie H. Westbrook; Daniel L. Veirs; Wayne A. Bissett; Timothy D. Collier; Donald G. Becker, Jr.; Charles M. Morgan; and KC Minerals, Inc.

Vann Culp, Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughline & Browder, Midland, TX, for Appellee and Cross-Appellant Oxy USA, Inc.

OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

{1} Plaintiffs appeal from an order awarding summary judgment against them, denying their claims for an accounting and damages, and dismissing their petition to quiet title to a mineral leasehold in approximately 2560 acres of land located in Lea County, New Mexico. The central issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in awarding summary judgment to Defendants and denying Plaintiffs' claims.

{2} Defendants...

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