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BROWN v. HAVARD

No. B-8412.

593 S.W.2d 939 (1980)

Robert A. BROWN et ux., Petitioners, v. Benjamin HAVARD et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petry & Petry, Eugene D. Stewart, Carrizo Springs, for petitioners.

Riddle, Murphrey, O'Quinn & Cannon, John O'Quinn, Houston, for respondents.

BARROW, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment suit to determine the extent of royalty reserved to the grantors of a deed. The questions presented are whether evidence extrinsic to the deed may be considered to explain its proper construction, or whether the present owners of the property, who are successors to the grantees in the deed, may reform it.

The jury verdict was for respondents, who are successors to...

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