T.H. McELVAIN v. BENSON-MONTIN-GREER

No. 32,666.

340 P.3d 1277 (2014)

2015-NMCA-004

T.H. McELVAIN OIL & GAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a new mexico limited partnership; Karen Ann Handley Anderson, an individual; Susan R. Handley McGrew, an individual; Billie L. Phillips, an individual; Billie L. Phillips Recoverable Trust dated April 23, 1996, Billie L. Phillips Trustee, Judy Lynn Quint, an individual; Ronald Charles Weeber, an individual; Lucile Alice Northcote Trust dated May 29, 1996, Billie L. Phillips, successor trustee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Group I: BENSON-MONTIN-GREER DRILLING CORP., INC., a Delaware corporation; Elizabeth Jeanne Turner Calloway, an individual; Kelly R. Kinney, an individual; Katherine P. Miller, an individual; Ronald Michael Miller, an individual; Vickie Roann Miller, an individual; Thomas R. Miller, an individual; Fred E. Turner, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; John Lee Turner, an individual; Linda Voitl a/k/a Linda Davis, an individual; Estate of Williame G. Webb, Deceased, John G. Taylor, Independent Executor, Group II: Cheryl U. Adams, an individual; E'Twila J. Axtell, an individual; BP America Production Company, a Delaware Corporation; Coastal Waters Petroleum Company, Inc., a Louisiana Corporation; Energen Resources Corporation, an Alabama Corporation; the Estate of Anne B. Little, First Security Bank of New Mexico, as Personal Representative; Lana Gay Phillips, an Individual; Henrietta Schultz, an Individual; the Frank and Henrietta Schultz Revocable Trust Dated January 2, 1990, Henrietta Schultz Trustee; Schultz Management Ltd., a Texas Limited Partnership; J. Glenn Turner, Jr. LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company; Mary Frances Turner Jr. Trust, JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA Trustee, Group III: all Unknown Claimants of interest in the Premises adverse to the Plaintiffs, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Granted, December 19, 2014, No. 34,993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dufford & Brown, P.C., Herbert A. Delap , Denver, CO, Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP, John F. McCarthy Jr. , Arturo L. Jaramillo , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellants.

Gallegos Law Firm, P.C., J.E. Gallegos , Michael J. Condon , Santa Fe, NM, Briones Law Firm, P.A., Felix Briones Jr. , Farmington, NM, for Appellees Henrietta Schultz, The Frank and Henrietta Schultz Revocable Trust, Henrietta Schultz Trustee, Schultz Management Ltd., Elizabeth Jeanne Turner Calloway, Fred E. Turner, LLC, John Lee Turner, J. Glenn Turner, Jr. LLC, Mary Frances Turner Jr. Trust, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Trustee, and Benson-Montin-Greer Drilling Corp., Inc.

Miller Stratvert P.A., Dylan O'Reilly , William T. Denning , Farmington, NM, for Appellees E'Twila J. Axtell, Lana Gay Phillips, and Cheryl U. Adams.


OPINION

{1} The Opinion filed in this case on October 16, 2014, is withdrawn and the following Opinion is substituted in its place.

{2} This case presents a difficult issue of whether constructive notice of an action to quiet title to property, including underlying oil and gas interests located...

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