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

NO. S-1-SC-34993 NO. S-1-SC-34997.

388 P.3d 240 (2016)

2017-NMSC-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-Respondents, 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 William G. Webb, deceased, John G. Taylor, independent executor, Defendants-Petitioners, 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, Defendants, Group III: All Unknown Claimants of Interest In the Premises Adverse to the Plaintiffs, Defendants. and 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-Respondents, 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 William G. Webb, deceased, John G. Taylor, independent executor, Defendants, Group II: Cheryl U. Adams, an individual; E'Twila J. Axtell, an individual; Lana Gay Phillips, an individual; Defendants-Petitioners, and 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; 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, Defendants, Group III: All Unknown Claimants of Interest In the Premises Adverse to the Plaintiffs, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gallegos Law Firm, P.C., Jake Eugene Gallegos   Michael, J. Condon , Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioners Group I.

Miller Stratvert P.A., Dylan O'Reilly , Luke Salganek , Santa Fe, NM, for Petitioners Group II.

Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP, John F. McCarthy, Jr. , Arturo L. Jaramillo , Y. Jun Roh , Santa Fe, NM, Nixon Shefrin Hensen Ogburn, P.C., Herbert A. Delap , Greenwood Village, CO, for Respondents T.H. McElvain Oil & Gas Limited Partnership, et al., Carson Ryan LLC, Joel M. Carson, III, Roswell, NM, for Amicus Curiae Landmen's Association.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

{1} The underlying claim giving rise to this controversy constitutes a collateral attack, requiring us to determine whether it is apparent on the face of a 1948 quiet title judgment that the district court, which entered said judgment, affirmatively lacked jurisdiction over...

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