Opinion
22SC805
03-20-2023
Great Northern Properties, LLLP, a Colorado limited liability limited partnership, Petitioner v. Extraction Oil and Gas, Inc.; Richmark Energy Partners, LLC; and Richmark Royalties, LLC. Respondents
Court of Appeals Case No. 21CA700
Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED.
Whether a deed that describes land lying next to a dedicated right-of-way but does not purport to convey any interest in the right-of-way should be presumed to convey the mineral estate underneath the right-of-way.
Whether the court of appeals erred in determining that the centerline presumption does not apply if the grantor retains ownership of any property abutting the right-of-way.
DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.