Idaho homeowners fight Texas company over natural gas well
December 15, 2016
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group of southwestern Idaho homeowners who say their mineral rights are being taken away is fighting a Texas company that is asking Idaho officials to settle the matter so a natural gas well can be drilled.
An attorney representing five homeowners in a subdivision near Fruitland told Idaho Department of Lands officials Wednesday that the amount of money the homeowners will receive if Houston-based Alta Mesa puts in a well is a bad deal for the homeowners.
"Forcing my clients to sell their mineral rights when nobody knows what they're worth is not just and reasonable," att...
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