RICE v. BIXLER

No. S-13-699.

854 N.W.2d 565 (2014)

289 Neb. 194

Larry L. RICE, appellant and cross-appellee, v. Joe K. BIXLER and Bonnie L. Bixler Szidon, appellees and cross-appellants, and Donald M. McDowell et al., appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed October 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Skavdahl , of Skavdahl, Edmund & Stecher Law Offices, for appellant.

John F. Simmons , of Simmons Olsen Law Firm, P.C., Scottsbluff, for appellees.

Wright, Connolly, Stephan, McCormack, Miller-Lerman, and Cassel, JJ.


Wright, J.

NATURE OF CASE

The surface owner of various tracts of land in Sioux County, Nebraska, sued the alleged owners of the severed mineral interests in those tracts under Nebraska's "dormant mineral statutes," Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 57-228 to 57-231 (Reissue 2010).

All of the alleged mineral owners involved in this appeal filed verified claims to the mineral interests prior to the action commenced by the surface owner. Both sides moved for...

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