WHEELOCK v. HEATH

Nos. 42118, 42119.

272 N.W.2d 768 (1978)

201 Neb. 835

James R. WHEELOCK, Appellee, v. Opal HEATH et al., Appellants. MANNING OO RANCHES, INC., Appellee, v. Opal HEATH et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin, Mattoon & Matzke, Sidney, for appellants.

Reddish, Curtiss & Moravek and Thomas A. Danehey, Alliance, for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, C. J., Pro Tem., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, and WHITE, JJ., and KUNS, Retired District Judge.


SPENCER, Chief Justice, Pro Tem.

These actions are brought under sections 57-228 through 57-231, R.R.S.1943, to extinguish the severed mineral interests owned of record by the defendants, and to vest the title to them in the plaintiffs. The trial court canceled the interests and vested title in plaintiffs. The question presented is the constitutionality of the act as retroactively applied against these defendants. We reverse.

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