My grandfather had 40 nma in Ward County. In later years he conveyed an undivided ½ interest to my father in that tract. Now each own ½ of the 40 nma. When my grandfather died he left his interests to his 3 children giving each one 1/3 interest. All of the 3 children have now died and left their children their interests. So the interest my father had from his father gives me and my brother a 1/6 interest each. The ½ interest that my father acquired in later years (as mentioned above) has been divided between my brother and I. So that gives me interest from 2 inheritances, some from my grandfather’s side and some from my father’s side. I am questioning how the land company calculated my interest for bonus payment. On my grandfather’s side they say I have a 1/8 interest out of the 40 nma for a total of 5 nms. Not sure where they came up with the 1/8, I would have thought it would have been 1/6 out of 40 nma. But my biggest concern is how they calculated the interests from my father’s side. They say he had half of 20 acres for a total of 10, so that is split between my brother & I for 5 nma each. I disagree and believe my father had ½ of the 40 giving him 20 nma. So when that is split my brother and I would have 10 nma each, not 5 nma.
My lease was done in June 2016. If my calculations are correct would I be able to go back to the land company and get paid for the error? Or does it look like the land company was correct in their calculations?
