THOMPSON v. GRAVES

No. 83-267.

665 S.W.2d 268 (1984)

281 Ark. 492

Edna THOMPSON et al., Appellants, v. John GRAVES et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hixson, Cleveland & Rush by Cox J. Rush, Jr., Paris, for appellants.

Smith, Stroud, McClerkin, Dunn & Nutter by Hayes C. McClerkin, Nelson V. Shaw and Demaris Hart Edwards, Texarkana, for all appellees except Nannie Mae Parker.

David R. Cravens, Paris, for Nannie Mae Parker.


HAYS, Justice.

This dispute concerns the right to minerals under a lost deed. Appellants, who were the grantors, contend the mineral rights were reserved. The grantee is deceased but her successors in title deny the lost deed contained any reservation of minerals and rely on adverse possession as well.

Appellants, Ona Wilson and Edna Thompson, are sisters. When their father died in 1944 they inherited an undivided half interest in 120 acres in Logan County...

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