SIMS, Justice.
On Feb. 24, 1944, Marcus C. Redwine, joined by other heirs of A. T. Redwine, conveyed a farm of 169 acres located in Elliott County to Matthew Mason in consideration of $1,000. The deed reserved to the grantors "one-half of all minerals, of every kind, especially oil and gas, found upon or under said land". From certain negotiations leading up to the sale and execution of the deed, Mason, who could neither read nor write, was of the impression the deed...
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