WALKER, Justice.
On the principal question presented by this appeal, we hold that the owner of a non-participating royalty interest is entitled, under the terms of his deed, to share in compensatory royalty payments made pursuant to an agreement between the lessee and the holder of the executive rights.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. West, respondents, owned 100 acres of land. On September 4, 1942, they executed an oil, gas and other mineral lease on the property for...
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