HURST v. RICE

No. 82-164.

643 S.W.2d 563 (1982)

278 Ark. 94

Emma HURST, Appellant, v. Ray Hullen RICE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daily, West, Core, Coffman & Canfield by Ben Core, Fort Smith, for appellant.

Swindell & Bradley by Benney E. Swindell, Clarksville, for appellees.


DUDLEY, Justice.

Both parties to this appeal claim forty acres of mineral rights in Johnson County. Gas and coal are now at stake.

In 1919 Rebecca Rogers Smith deeded her dower interest in the land to W.A. Hill. In 1920 he conveyed his interest in the surface "with all coal and mineral reserved, all right to mine, strip or enter and remove any and all coal is reserved." Appellees, the Hills, claim their title to...

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