Landman comes back and says," oops I made a mistake 20 months ago so send me the money back! its spent and gone! now what? Thanks for answers

Charles, It may be fairly common. You may recall a few months back I started a discussion about a problem with someone having leased some mineral acreage I had already leased and the company paid both of us. After talking to a couple of attorneys as well as landmen I am now under the impression that for leasing purposes, especially small amounts of land, it is common practice to do a “cursory” title search. Isn’t that similar to pooling for curative purposes? The attitude of one Landman was it will all come out in the wash, meaning division orders.