Justice John Warner delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Thomas T. Ritter filed this action seeking a declaratory judgment that he owns an overriding royalty interest in certain oil and gas leases. The Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Roosevelt County, granted defendant Bill Barrett Corporation's (Barrett) motion for a judgment on the pleadings, concluding as a matter of law that Ritter has no overriding royalty interest in the subject leases. Ritter appeals...
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