(DOWNLOAD) "Skaggs v. Conoco Inc." by New Mexico Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Skaggs v. Conoco Inc.
- Author : New Mexico Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 12, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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Certiorari denied, No. 25,075, April 21, 1998 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF LEA COUNTY RALPH W. GALLINI, District Judge {1} Plaintiffs appeal from an order awarding summary judgment against them, denying their claims for an accounting and damages, and dismissing their petition to quiet title to a mineral leasehold in approximately 2560 acres of land located in Lea County, New Mexico. The central issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in awarding summary judgment to Defendants and denying Plaintiffs' claims. {2} Defendants have also filed a cross-appeal, alleging that the trial court erred in granting Plaintiffs' partial motion for summary judgment and finding, as a matter of law, that a 1927 drilling and operating agreement signed by J.M. Skaggs in favor of Marland Oil Company of Colorado (Marland) was void ab initio because of the failure of J.M. Skaggs' wife to join in the agreement as mandated by New Mexico's former statute requiring the joinder of spouses in conveying a community interest on realty. 1