Gaye Owns the Surface Rights for High Desert Ranch, Which

Multiple Choice

Gaye owns the surface rights for High Desert Ranch, which includes a house, a bunkhouse, and two barns. Industrial Mining Inc. owns the subsurface rights. When the company drills for and extracts the oil beneath the ranch, the surface subsides and the structures collapse. Most likely responsible for the damage is

A) Industrial Mining.
B) Gaye.
C) Industrial Mining and Gaye in proportion to the value of their rights.
D) no one.