In effort to get my stolen inheritance back from the trustee,s I have provided the following documents.
Void chain of title as the trustees bought the property from the trust in 1993.In Texas
Alterd mineral rights deed.As the trustee had to put theyre family on mineral deed as heir,s.Looks like 35-50 names.
1922 document showing my grandfather,s loan extension, and description of labd and payments etc
Heir specialist and genealogist report.This individual also provided the chain of title report .And discovered that it was " void chain of title.
A recorded affidavit of heirship dated 20/05/23
For the property that my dad r.i.p. was born on in 1922
Yet what xto do.Tell me thst I should file the affidavit of heirship in the Trustees name.
What sense dose that make when Texas law says trustees can not own property in a trust.And in the documents XTO asked for.The professionals whom prepared it clearly states 17321 3227s is with in a trust .The heir specialist states that as well as its stated in the gift mineralrights deed.
Any suggestions, Id appreciate it.As xto is clearly giving me the run around.
You need a North Dakota attorney to sort this out. From your description, it has been 31 years since the property was allegedly misappropriated and that is likely going to be a problem.
Before chasing this further, you should try to figure out how much money is at stake. Because many just hold small fractional interests, often these things just aren’t worth very much. Some of my XTO checks are $50/month.
I will add yea,they created a mess of the chain of title.Yet it would seem that as it was the " trustee,s ",and theyre actions alone voided the chain of title.Transfer should be as effortless as the county clerk recording my affidavit of heirship,and Exxon’s forwarding my documents to xto.
I used to work in Williston. There are lots of sharks there. If Don Sass (landman) or Drew Imes ( landman atty)are in the phone book, they could point you or assist.
The company, all companies, makes decisions on whom to pay based on what is marketable (or safe) title. You have 31 years of a mess and allegations of fraud. XTO is not giving you the runaround.
With all due respect to your heir specialist, he is not in a position to determine what is a void chain of title.
XTO is not going to be a judge and jury and say, “you know, Mack is right. We’re going to take title away from these other parties and give it to Mack, even though no court has ruled on this and the other parties have not given up their claim.”
Like many people, you were probably hoping to have this done without hiring a lawyer and having a court case, but that is not going to happen in this matter if you want to prevail.
In my experience with XTO and title disputes (which has been limited in number, but very painful in revenue), if there is a debate as to what “marketable” title is, they will just put the disputed revenues in suspense until the two parties agree or there is a legal ruling one way or another. Which is good, every penny paid to somebody else is in the wind. The dispute (by you) likely has to pass some general threshold of “not sounding like gibberish”, which would be the first barrier I would try to overcome. Getting a lawyer and filing a civil suit probably gets you there. My legals bills have been shocking, and no resolution over 3 years, so buyer beware. If this is small change you might as well punt.