Alaska Supreme Court· 11/15/1991

Norken Corp. v. McGahan

Citations

823 P.2d 622
117 Oil & Gas Rep. 407
1991 Alas. LEXIS 131
1991 WL 238685

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remanding case for determination of whether necessity element for easement implied by prior use met at the time of severance
noting that ways of necessity are also called easements by necessity
court should resort to rules of construction only after failing to ascertain intent from deed and surrounding circumstances
“[T]he mineral estate is the dominant estate, carrying with it the right to make such use of the, surface as is reasonably necessary to remove the minerals”
“Courts . . . are virtually unanimous in holding that gravel is not a ‘mineral’ in the legal sense of that word.”
“Courts . . . are virtually unanimous in holding that gravel is not a ‘mineral’ in the legal sense of that word.”

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Judges: Rabinowitz, Burke, Matthews, Compton, Moore

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