1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 918 So.2d
  5. 918 So.2d 1237 (2005)
 

NYGAARD v. GETTY OIL CO.

Nos. 2003-CA-01605-SCT, 2004-CA-01614-SCT.

918 So.2d 1237 (2005)

Thomas Max NYGAARD v. GETTY OIL COMPANY, Chevron Texaco Corporation f/k/a Texaco U.S. and J.R. Pounds, Inc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben F. Galloway, Gulfport, attorney for appellant.

David L. Martindale, Laurel, Forest M. Dantin, Columbia, attorneys for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., CARLSON and DICKINSON, JJ.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Nine years following notice of the claim, Thomas Max Nygaard, as trustee for the Daisy Keith Trust, filed this lawsuit to recover underpaid oil and gas royalties. The central question on appeal is whether accrued mineral royalties are an interest in personalty with a three-year statute of limitations or an interest in land with a ten-year statute of limitations. Finding that...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases