Lease granted to Expl Co. by "A". Exp Co drilled gas well & pooled "A"s interest.
"A" started receiving royalties. Years later "A" sold property (including minerals) to "B", but "A" continued to receive royalty payments.
One year later, "B" sold to my family (including minerals) but "A" is still receiving royalty payments.
"A" never notified Expl Co that he had sold minerals.
Neither "B" nor my family knew of the interest in pool until a month ago.
My family has been the owner for the past 5 years.
Any chance my family can recoup any of the payments that were made to "A" when they should have gone to my family?