SUN OIL COMPANY v. BROADHEAD

No. 48403.

323 So.2d 95 (1975)

SUN OIL COMPANY and Placid Oil Company, Defendants-Appellants, v. Paul BROADHEAD et al., Complainants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armstrong & Hoffman, John T. Armstrong, Jr., Hazlehurst, for defendants-appellants.

Goldman & Goldman, Meridian, for complainants-appellees.

Before RODGERS, PATTERSON and SUGG, JJ.


PATTERSON, Justice.

In 1973 Paul Broadhead and others filed this suit against Sun and Placid Oil Companies to confirm a mineral lease in lands situated in Clarke County. The chancery court held Broadhead's lease to be valid and from this decree Sun and Placid Oil Companies appeal. We reverse.

In 1946 S.B. Kirkland secured a one-half mineral interest in a 7.47-acre tract in Clarke County described as:

Beginning at the Northwest corner of the

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