BEATON v. PURE OIL COMPANY

No. 42639.

483 P.2d 1145 (1971)

Alice D. BEATON et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. The PURE OIL COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, and Florence R. Lawrence, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farmer, Woolsey, Flippo & Bailey, Richard L. Harris, Fred Gilbert, Tulsa, for plaintiffs in error.

Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, George S. Guysi, James L. Hall, Jr., Oklahoma City, Harold B. Dane, Stigler, for defendants in error.


HODGES, Justice.

The sole question presented on appeal is the meaning and legal effect of the phrase, "an undivided ____ interest" as contained in a mineral warranty deed. The trial court held the deed conveyed all of grantors' interest in the minerals.

We have only the deed to aid us in search for the intent of the parties to the conveyance, except for the record ownership.

The mineral warranty deed purports...

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