GOODALL v. TRIGG DRILLING CO., INC.

No. 83195.

944 P.2d 292 (1997)

1997 OK 74

Karl L. GOODALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRIGG DRILLING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected September 22, 1997.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Peterson, Oklahoma City, and Kevin L. Miller, Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper, McCune & Parks, Oklahoma City, for Defendant-Appellant.

Gretchen L. Roddy, B.W. Dabney, HAYS & DABNEY, Chickasha, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Gregg R. Renegar, Tom M. Moore, Kornfeld, Franklin, Renegar & Randall, Oklahoma City, and Robin Stead, Donald F. Heath, Jr., Stead & Heath, P.C., Oklahoma City, Amici Curiae, for the National Association of Royalty Owners and the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Association of Royalty Owners.

Frank D. Spiegelberg, Christopher K. Woosley, Boesche, McDermott & Eskridge and Brenton B. Moore, Tulsa, Amici Curiae, for Oklahoma, Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association.

Frederic Dorwart, J. Michael Medina, Tulsa, Amici Curiae Attorneys for Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association.


PER CURIAM.

¶ 1 Karl L. Goodall claims an overriding royalty interest in a well formerly operated by Trigg Drilling Company, Inc. The well has been shut in. Goodall sues for an accounting and his share of the production. Trigg challenges Goodall's claim to ownership of the interest, and urges that in any event Goodall's suit is barred by limitations.

¶ 2 The primary questions to be settled here are whether...

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