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MATTER OF WILL OF WELCH

NO. S-1-SC-38601.

533 P.3d 1086 (2023)

2023-NMSC-017

In the MATTER OF the Last WILL and Testament OF Marie G. WELCH, Deceased, Premier Oil & Gas, Inc. and Ralph S. Griffin, Intervenors-Plaintiffs/Respondents, v. James Wesley Welch; Joe Michael Welch; and Barbara Grace Parker, Intervenors-Defendants/Petitioners, and Samuel G. Alderman, a/k/a Samuel G. Alderman, Jr.; Ralph S. Griffin; Unknown Heirs of Joe H. Welch, Deceased; Barbara S. Welch; N. Stewart Welch; Unknown Heirs of Grace Welch Phelan, Deceased; Estate of David Paul Raether; Fred Walter Raether; Steven Lee Raether; Amanda Marie Walker; Waylon Raether; Unknown Heirs of Judge H.D. Griffin, Deceased; Blair Seaton Crooke; Lisa Dale Crooke Lampel; Forest Ashley Crooke; Unknown Heirs of Marie G. Welch, Deceased; and Unknown Claimants of Interest in the Premises, Intervenors-Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Filing Date: July 13, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Sharon T. Shaheen , Kari E. Olson , Kaleb W. Brooks , Santa Fe, NM, Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP, Harold L. Hensley, Jr. , Derek L. Montgomery , Jeff D. Kuhnhenn , Midland, TX, David E. Keltner , Marianne M. Auld , Ft. Worth, TX, for Petitioners.

Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Jocelyn C. Drennan , Edward R. Ricco , Albuquerque, NM, Thompson & Knight, LLP, Gregory D. Binns , Dallas, TX, for Respondents.

OPINION

{1} In this bona fide purchaser case, we analyze the status of a purchaser of mineral rights that were entangled in a lengthy and complicated dispute between heirs. Our analysis comes after the Court of Appeals held that an heirship judgment that conveyed mineral rights to a good faith buyer's predecessor...

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