Opinion ID: 1191893
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Heading: Conversion of Casinghead Gas

Text: The royalty owners requested that the district court grant a judgment on the pleadings on their claim that Equitable Resources had converted the casinghead gas. The district court treated their motion for a judgment on the pleadings as a summary judgment motion under W.R.C.P. 12(c) because the parties presented matters outside the pleadings. The district court subsequently denied the royalty owners' motion, stating that genuine issues of material fact existed on the conversion claim. The royalty owners contend, on appeal, that the district court erred by denying their summary judgment motion. A denial of a motion for a summary judgment generally is not an appealable, final order. LVW v. J (Adoption of MSVW), 965 P.2d 1158, 1161 (Wyo.1998). Although there are exceptions to this general rule, the district court's denial of the royalty owners' summary judgment motion does not fall within any of those exceptions. See LVW, 965 P.2d at 1161-62. Consequently, we refuse to rule on the propriety of the district court's decision. Affirmed.