SMITH v. GRAHAM

No. 9401.

705 S.W.2d 705 (1985)

Harold SMITH, et al., Appellant, v. Hunt GRAHAM, et al., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Brin, Longview, Ruben K. Abney, Marshall, for appellants.

Earl Roberts, Jr., Longview, for appellees.


CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Harold W. Smith and others appeal from a declaratory judgment which construed four deeds as conveying only working interests in certain oil and gas leases rather than fee mineral interests. They contend that, as a matter of law, the deeds conveyed mineral interests, and the trial court erred in not so finding. We agree.

Except for the names of the grantees and the extent of the interests transferred to them, all four deeds read thusly...

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